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If I Could Fly : With Characters from an Island Like You
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If I Could Fly : With Characters from an Island Like You Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Cofer, Judith Ortiz

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Featuring characters from Cofer's bestselling short story collection "An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio," this novel follows 15-year-old Doris, who finds refuge from her problems by taking care of pigeons on her apartment building's roof.

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Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title If I Could Fly : With Characters from an Island Like You
  • Author Cofer, Judith Ortiz
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  • Date 2011-05-24
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 469266-75
  • ISBN 9780374335175 / 0374335176
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.66 x 6.26 x 0.79 in (22.00 x 15.90 x 2.01 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Reading level 820
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
  • Library of Congress subjects Family problems, New Jersey
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010022309
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Booklist, 05/15/2011, Page 46
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 06/01/2011, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2011, Page 84
  • Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books, 12/01/2011, Page 2223
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2011, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2011, Page 112
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2011, Page 0

About the author

Judith Ortiz Cofer is a native of Puerto Rico. She is a poet, essayist, and novelist whose most recent book for young readers is Call Me Maria: A Novel in Letters, Poems, and Prose. She is the Regents and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia.