El Bronx Remembered

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Summary: Good look at culture... but not for every audience
Review: Although I agree that this portrays very moving look at the Bronx in a way that brings it to life for the outsider, this is NOT a book for the school market! It opens too many issues for moral controversy.

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Summary: not just for young adults.........
Review: Even though this book is in the young adult section, I, a mature 23 year old read it and loved it. The short stories are well written and entertaining, and each story is different from the last. The book can be finished within a few hours, so its a great book for long car rides, days at the beach, or for those times when there's nothing good on T.V.

Rating:
Summary: not just for young adults.........
Review: Even though this book is in the young adult section, I, a mature 23 year old read it and loved it. The short stories are well written and entertaining, and each story is different from the last. The book can be finished within a few hours, so its a great book for long car rides, days at the beach, or for those times when there's nothing good on T.V.

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Summary: El Bronx
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I read this book last year when I was in the 7th grade. And I am a boriqua too so I can relate a little to what the author is say. This book tells the truth about life in the Bronx and being a puerto rican

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Summary: this book is beautiful!
Review: Marvelously written, characters with flesh-and-blood aliveness, fantastic insights into people and culture and situations, very simply and clearly yet subtly written (with great sharp transitions - she doesn't waste your time!), and so emotionally connected - this book brought tears to my eyes several times...which is why I'm recommending it so highly. Most books can't pull that off.

And although at times it is an uplifting book, mostly it's really a sad book, a book about pain and heartache and people who can't fit it, who fall between the cracks, who are rejected by American society at large, and at times their own cultures and families. It so beautifully depicts people living compromised lives, yet living nonetheless and making the best of it. It offers a great entrance into a time and place that I don't often get much contact with. Thank you, Nicholasa (and I loved your book Nilda also)!