Recreates the everyday realities of life for Puerto Ricans in the South Bronx tenements of the 1940s and 1950s

El Bronx Remembered: A Novella and Stories

Teen & Young Adult

Mohr, Nicholasa

Literature & Fiction

Harper&Row

A young girl growing up in Spanish Harlem in the 1940's watches the secure world of her childhood years slowly erode away.

Nilda;: A novel

Harper & Row First Edition

A young girl growing up in Spanish Harlem in the 1940's watches the secure world of her childhood years slowly erode away.

Nilda: A Novel

Children's Books

Classics

Harper and Row

In a city called New York ... In a neighborhood called El Bronx ...
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<li>The Fernandex children own a very special pet: A white hen named after their favorite Hollywood movie star.</li>
<li>A new girl comes to school - a gypsy child who can read palms and foretell the future.</li>
<li>A young boy must face the humiliation of wearing his uncle's orange roach-killer shoes to his high school graduation.</li>
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In the South Bronx - or El Bronx, as it's known to the people who live there - anything can happen. A migrant "fresh off the boat" from Puerto Rico can be somebody on the mainland, pursue the American Dream ... and maybe even make it come true.
Here are stories that capture the flavor and beat of El Bronx in its heyday, from 1946-1956.
A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year Finalist, 1976 National Book Award for Children's Literature A Notable Children's Trade Book in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)

El Bronx Remembered

HarperTeen

Felita's parents promise she will love their new neighborhood. Only Abuelita, her grandmother, understands how much Felita will miss her old block, and her best friend Gigi. But her new neighbors taunt and tease Felita and her family because they are from Puerto Rico. First published twenty years ago, Felita's compelling story has resonance for kids today.
"An honest, realistic view of an important aspect of contemporary American life." --The Horn Book

Felita

Puffin Books

In this sequel to Felita, Felita's going to Puerto Rico! It's like a dream to her, although she'll miss her friends. But Felita's summer isn't at all what she expected. Her uncle's small village is boring, and none of the girls wants to be friends with an outsider. Felita desperately wants to go home. But she gradually finds a way to fit in, and by summer's end, Felita knows she will miss her new friends and her homeland.

Going Home

The everyday experiences of an eight-year-old Puerto Rican girl growing up in a close-knit, urban community.

Geography & Cultures

Yearling

Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first tine, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted.

Residents on one block on New York's Lower East Side are the protagonists of these interrelated stories

In Nueva York

Contemporary

Dell Pub. Co.]

Felita's whole life seems to change the year that she turns twelve. Her mother begins to insist that her brothers go with her everywhere, and she's not allowed to hang out like she did last year. Nothing about growing up in a strict Hispanic household seems fair. Then Felita learns that one of her dreams will come true--she'll be spending the summer in Puerto Rico with her uncle Jorge. Even though she'll miss her family and her friends--especially Vinny--Felita knows she'll be happy. But Felita's summer isn't at all what she expected. At first none of the girls wants to be friends with a Nuyorican, and Felita desperately wants to go back home. But by summer's end, Felita has grown up a little bit, and what she takes back to New York City is a deeper understanding of herself and her homeland.

Skylark

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El Bronx Remembered: A Novella and Stories

Nilda;: A novel

Nilda: A Novel

El Bronx Remembered

Felita

Going Home

Felita

Going Home

In Nueva York

Going Home