Parrot in the Oven
Subtitle: Mi vida
Contributors: Steve Scott (Illustrator)
Publisher: Rayo
Published: December 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780064471862
Subjects: Fiction dealing with multiculturalism; Fiction; Children: Grades 4-6; Juvenile Fiction; Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction; Social Situations - Adolescence; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Social Issues - Adolescence; Mexican Americans; Classics; People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino; Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Reading Group Guide; Alcoholism; Family life
First sentence: That summer my brother, Bernardo, or "Nardo" as we call him, flipped through more jobs than a thumb through a deck of cards.