INFORMATION BOOKS Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
Sonia Manzano
The beloved Maria of Sesame Street remembers her troubled childhood and teen years growing up as a Puerto Rican in the 1950s and ’60s in New York City.
Book details
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press (edition Reprint)
- Published
- January 1, 2017
- ISBN-13
- 9780545621854
- Language
- English
Reading lists that include this book
- 2016Fourteen and OlderMature content
Sources
- The Best Children's Books of the Year [2016 edition]Source for: Description
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