Nicholasa Mohr
1) Nilda
Author
Description
"Damn you bastards, coming here making trouble. Bunch of animals." The two police offers responding to a call about an open fire hydrant lash out furiously at the Puerto Rican residents of New York City's El Barrio neighborhood. It's the summer of 1941, and all ten-year-old Nilda wants to do is enjoy the cool water with her friends. But the policemen's curses end their fun. She is repeatedly treated with contempt and even disgust by adults in positions...
2) Going home
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted.