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The Skirt (McDougal Littell Library)
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The Skirt (McDougal Littell Library) Paperback - 1997

by HOLT MCDOUGAL

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Miata Ramirez is heartsick. She brought her folklorico skirt to school and left it on the bus. Miata can't let her parents know she's lost something again, and she needs the skirt for her dance group performance. This 1994-95 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee captures the spirit, pride, and traditions of a contemporary Mexican-American family.

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  • Title The Skirt (McDougal Littell Library)
  • Author HOLT MCDOUGAL
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 80
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yearling, New York, New York
  • Date April 1, 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # N24B-04766
  • ISBN 9780440409243 / 0440409241
  • Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.2 in (18.80 x 12.95 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 540
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Language Arts/Literature
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Lost and found possessions, Mexican Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008274262
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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First line

After stepping off the bus, Miata Ramirez turned around and gasped, "Ay!"

From the jacket flap

Miata has left the beautiful folkl3/4rico skirt her mother wore in Mexico on the bus. She was going to wear the skirt on Sunday when her dance group performed folkl3/4rico. Can Miata and her friend Ana rescue the precious skirt in time? A warm-hearted story about a contemporary Mexican-American family.

Media reviews

“Light, easy reading . . . offering readers a cast and situations with which to identify, whatever their own ethnic origins.”—The Bulletin

“A light, engaging narrative that successfully combines information on Hispanic culture with familiar and recognizable childhood themes.”
—School Library Journal

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 04/25/1994, Page 0

About the author

Born in Fresno, California to Mexican American parents, Gary Soto learned the hard work ethic through his share of chores, including mowing lawns, picking grapes, painting house numbers on street curbs, and washing cars. His hard work paid off at California State University at Fresno, from which he graduated with an English degree, and later at the University of California at Irvine, where he earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Gary Soto is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and fiction writer. The awards for this multi-talented author are many, ranging from the U.S. Award for International Poetry Forum to a Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award and in was nominated for a National Book Award. His other credits include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the California Arts Council.
When he is not writing, Mr. Soto serves as a volunteer English teacher at his church. He also enjoys eating at new restaurants, which he does often with his wife, Carolyn, and their daughter Mariko. Other members of the Soto household include their two cats, Corky and Sharkie. The Soto family resides in Berkeley, California.

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