The Meaning of Consuelo

by Judith Ortiz Cofer. Farrar, Straus & Giroux

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A young girl tells her tragic story of coming of age in 1950s Puerto Rico. Consuelo struggles to understand her place in the world as her father embraces each technological advance and the promise of wealth it offers, her mother reaches for the past and the natural beauty of the island, her closest friend and cousin begins to reveal his homosexuality, and her younger sister slips quietly into madness.

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0-374-20509-4

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Best Books for Young Adults 2004 - Selection(s)

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