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Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano. 272 p. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic Inc., 2015. 9780545621847. (Own)
Happy Friday! The temperature plummeted last night to the high 40s. Brr!
Fact Friday features Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano. After making a splash with her middle grade debut in 2013, Ms. Manzano, aka Maria from Sesame Street, wrote a memoir of her life growing up in the South Bronx, which published in 2015 for young adults.
She grew up with immigrant parents who worked hard, but the family lived in poverty and her father was an abusive alcoholic. Her resilience paid off when she was accepted to the High School of Performing Arts and later won admission and scholarships to Carnegie-Mellon University.
This vivid memoir brims with intensity, energy and a strong sense of self and place.
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