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The boy who touched the stars = El niño que alcanzó las estrellas / by/por José M. Hernández ; illustrations by/ilustraciones de Steven James Petruccio ; Spanish translation by/traducción al español de Gabriela Baeza Ventura.
Van Pelt Library TL789.85.H469 A3 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hernández, José M., 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Hernández, José M., 1962-.
- Astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Astronauts.
- Migrant agricultural laborers.
- Hispanic American astronauts.
- United States.
- California.
- Hispanic American astronauts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Bilingual books.
- Spanish language materials--Bilingual.
- Hernández, José M., 1962---Juvenile literature.
- Hernández, José M.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Picture books.
- Juvenile works.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Niño que alcanzó las estrellas
- Place of Publication:
- Houston, Texas : Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Text in parallel English and Spanish.
- Summary:
- "Juan Marcos is eager to continue his studies in the United States and rents a room from family friends living in El Barrio, or Spanish Harlem. Soon, he has a job wrapping packages at a department store that pays as much as he made teaching high school at home. As he interacts with the Puerto Rican community in New York, he witnesses the problems his compatriots encounter, including discrimination, inadequate housing, jobs and wages. Despite these problems, friendships and romances bloom and rivalries surface, leading to betrayal and even attempted murder!" -- Publisher annotation.
- In this bilingual picture book, astronaut José M. Hernández recounts his childhood as the son of Mexican migrant workers and his life-long dream to travel to the stars.
- Contains:
- Hernández, José M., 1962- Boy who touched the stars.
- Hernández, José M., 1962- Boy who touched the stars. Spanish
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hernández, José M., 1962- author. Boy who touched the stars =
- ISBN:
- 9781558858824
- 1558858822
- OCLC:
- 1056201890
- Publisher Number:
- 99987196906
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