Among the memorable heroines to emerge from this landmark collection is María Elenita, aka Mary Ellen. As she embarks upon the journey from innocent adolescence to young womanhood, her imagination moves from thoughts of school and Supergirl to dreams of rock music, rebellion and first love. Donning the uniform of the opposition— tie-dyed T-shirts, Indian headbands and noisy jewelry with the aroma of patchouli incense wafting about her, Mary Ellen mounts her season of insurgency during which she awakens to sensuality with her "boy-poet" Gerald and the "soldier-boy" Pito. Ultimately she learns the high price to be paid for matters of the heart.
In a work suitable for mature older teens and young adults, Ortiz Cofer crystallizes what María Elenita’s saddened Mamá calls "the worst year in the history of parents and children . . . the year of our revolution."
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·The original English-language version won the 1999 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
·Named to The New York Public Library’s 1999 Books for the Teen Age
·Winner of the 1999 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People and named to The New York Public Library’s 1999 Books for the Teen Age
"This will be an invaluable resource for ethnic studies classes; it will also be a wonderful reading experience for literate teens able to savor the author’s use of language." —Booklist
ELENA OLAZAGASTI-SEGOVIA has translated several literary works, including Judith Ortiz Cofer’s The Line of the Sun (University of Georgia Press) and Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood. She is a professor of Spanish at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
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