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Original Essays | November 9, 2009

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Parrot in the Oven Audio: Mi Vida

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a mixed-up, crazy world.Manny’s dad is always calling him el perico, or parrot. It’s from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade while all along he’s sitting inside the oven and doesn’t know it. But Manny wants to be smarter than the parrot in the oven—he wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect. From an exciting new voice in Chicano literature, this is a beautifully written, vivid portrait of one Mexican-American boy’s life.

1998 Pura Belpre Author Award

1996 Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

1997 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)

1996 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

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About the Author

Victor Martinez was born and raised in Fresno, California and now lives in San Francisco.His poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in journals such as The Iowa Review and Bloomsbury Review.This is his first novel.

Victor Martinez says that his background "makes up the stuff of my work." Born and raised in Fresno, California, the fourth in a family of twelve children, he attended California State University at Fresno and Stanford University. He has also worked as a field laborer, welder, truck driver, firefighter, teacher, and office clerk.

Mr. Martinez's poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in a number of prestigious publications, including Si, El Andar, The Bloomsbury Review, The High Plains Literary Review, and The Iowa Review.

Victor Martinez lives with his wife in San Francisco. Parrot in the Oven: Mi vida--the story of Manny Hernandez's struggles with the awkwardness of adolescence as he searches for acceptance and becomes a vato firme, a stand-up guy--is his first novel.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780694700936
Subtitle:
mi vida
performance Performed:
Martinez, Victor
Author:
Martinez, Victor
Author:
Scott, Steve
Publisher:
HarperChildrensAudio LANGUAGE: eng
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
Social Situations - General
Subject:
Family - Parents
Subject:
Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino
Subject:
Social Situations - Peer Pressure
Subject:
People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino
Subject:
Social Issues - Peer Pressure
Abridged:
Y
Publication Date:
19980331
Binding:
Analog Audio Cassette
Grade Level:
from 7
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
7.05x4.53x.80 in. .33 lbs.
Media Run Time:
180 Minutes
Age Level:
12-17
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