América is her name
By: by Luis J. Rodríguez ; illustrations by Carlos Vázquez.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Willimantic, CT
Language: eng
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction.; Mexican Americans -- Fiction.; Poets -- Fiction.
Description: A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, América Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.