Julia Alvarez: Novelist and Poet

by Clarissa Aykroyd

Five novels, a book of essays, four collections of poetry, four children's books, and two works of adolescent fiction is a short-list of Dominican-American Julia Alvarez's accomplishments. She is regarded as one of the most critically and commercially successful Latina writers of our time. Readers are given an up-close examination of her life, including discussion of opportunities and obstacles, missteps, and triumphs.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420500228
• ISBN13: 9781420500226
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9