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Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

By Sonia Manzano
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Scholastic Imprint Scholastic ISBN

9780545621847

Awards and Honors SLJ’s Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2015, Young Adult
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015, Teen
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 9–12
2015 Cybils Award Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction
NEA’s Read Across America Educator Recomended Books 2016–2017, Grades 9–12
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education, 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year, Information Books

Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Domestic/Physical Abuse

Sonia Manzano, best known for her role as Maria on Sesame Street, vividly recounts her memories of growing up in a working-class Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
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