Quiara Alegría Hudes
Author
Language
English
Description
Quiara Alegría Hudes' stage adaptation of her much-lauded memoir is a joyous celebration of Puerto Rican womanhood in 1990s West Philadelphia.
In this memoir-turned-play, Hudes showcases a handful of key life moments that mark subtle changes in her sense of self and her place in the world. Interlaid between these vignettes are moments of song, dance, and ritual that evoke her boisterous girlhood in a house run by the Perez women. Through this piece,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
c2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Quiara Alegría Hudes era la niña de ojos penetrantes que permanecía resguardada en las escaleras de la casa de su abuela en el norte de Filadelfia mientras observaba a su familia bailar en su estrecha cocina. Le maravillaban sus tías, tíos y primos, pero vivía aterrada por los secretos de la familia y las historias ocultas del barrio--todo esto mientras intentaba encontrar su propia voz entre el mar de lenguajes que la rodeaban, tanto en el...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Cada barrio tiene algo que lo hace muy especial. Únete a Ava en un recorrido que te muestre todo lo que hay en él, desde su querida abuela hasta la zona escolar, donde nadie debe cruzar a la carrera. ¿Qué tiene especial tu barrio? Este libro te inspirará a descubrirlo." --From publisher's decription.
A young girl takes a walk through her urban neighborhood, observing items representing every letter of the alphabet, from her abuela to loud,...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young girl takes a walk through her urban neighborhood, observing items representing every letter of the alphabet, from her abuela to loud, zooming cars.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The likeable, magnetic, bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Meanwhile, his tight-knit community faces the challenge of gentrification, losing their homes while trying to better themselves and hold on to their cultures.
6) Vivo
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vivo, a one-of-a-kind kinkajou, spends his days playing music with his beloved owner Andreš. But when tragedy strikes, it's up to Vivo to deliver a message that Andreš never could: a love letter to his old partner, the famous Marta Sandoval, in the form of a song. Yet in order to get to Marta, who lives a world apart, Vivo will need the help of Gabi, an energetic tween who bounces to the beat of her own offbeat drum, to fulfill his owner's wishes....
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop. The likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts forge an unbreakable bond of support and love. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. Quiara Alegría Hudes is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful, the Tony Award-winning...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of the Arab Spring in an ancient Jordinian town, an Iraq War veteran struggles to overcome the traumas of combat by taking on an entirely new and unexpected career: an action-film hero. At the same time, halfway around the world in a cozy North Philadelphia kitchen, his cousin takes on a heroic new role of her own: as the heart and soul of her crumbling community, providing hot meals and an open door for the needy.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Back home in Philadelphia, Elliot Ortiz, a nineteen-year-old Marine, contemplates his return to Iraq for a second tour of duty after being seriously wounded. In this “simple, poignant and achingly evocative play” (TimeOut New York), three Ortiz family members recount years of service to their country in wars in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq, and the effects their service has had on the individual, the family and the community they live in. Melding a...
11) Daphne's Dive
Author
Language
English
Description
Through years of drinking together at Daphne's dive bar in North Philly, a kind of family has grown out of the eclectic regulars. Daphne tends bar and joins the meandering chats about art and politics, while her adopted daughter finds herself growing up and growing apart from her pragmatic mother.
Author
Language
English
Description
A troubled teenager and her estranged mother-an undocumented Mexican immigrant on the verge of deportation-embark on a road trip and strive to mend their frayed relationship along the way. Combined with the musical talent of Erin McKeown, Hudes artfully crafts a story of the barriers and the bonds of family, while also addressing the complexities of immigration in today's America.