Bibliograph

Cinnamon girl, letters found inside a cereal box, Juan Felipe Herrera

Type

Label

Cinnamon girl, letters found inside a cereal box, Juan Felipe Herrera

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Cinnamon girl

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Juan Felipe Herrera

Sub title

letters found inside a cereal box

Summary

From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera comes the story of one teen's emotional journey in the days after 9/11, and a personal look at the culture of Loisaida, the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This emotional and stirring novel won the Américas Award and is written in a unique and arresting style. When the Twin Towers fell, New York City was blanketed by dust. On the Lower East Side, Yolanda, the cinnamon girl, makes her manda, her promise. She vows to gather as much of the dust as she can. Maybe if she can return it to Ground Zero, she can comfort all the voices. Maybe that will help Uncle DJ open his eyes again. As tragedies from her past mix in the air of an unthinkable present, Yolanda searches for hope. Maybe it's buried somewhere in the silvery dust of Alphabet City

Target audience

adult

Classification