Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity

Title: Voices in First Person: Reflections on Latino Identity Written by: Lori Carlson Publisher: Atheneum

Summary: This eclectic, gritty, and groundbreaking collection of short monologues features twenty-one of the most respected Latino authors writing today, including Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Esmeralda Santiago, and Gary Soto. Their fictional narratives give voice to what it's like to be a Latino teen in America. These voices are yearning. These voices are angry. Thesevoices are, above all else, hopeful. These voices are America.