If I Could Fly: With Characters from an Island Like You

by Judith Ortiz Cofer

Book Overview

If I Could Fly is a standalone novel based on characters introduced in Judith Ortiz Cofer's bestselling short story collection, An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, which won the inaugural Pura Belpr? Award.

Fifteen-year-old Doris is used to taking care of herself. Her musician parents have always spent more time singing in nightclubs than watching after her. But when her ailing mother goes home to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374335176
• ISBN13: 9780374335175
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12