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Sandra Cisneros: Latina Writer and Activist

Sandra Cisneros: Latina Writer and Activist

Sandra Cisneros: Latina Writer and Activist details the life of one the finest contemporary Latina writers. Cisneros has also gained much respect as a prominent activist. In addition to championing the rights of Latino workers, Cisneros aids other Latino writers in gaining equal representation in the literary world. She has also been active in pressuring world leaders to resolve the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Enslow Press, $19.95. buy now

Reviews of this young adult biography include the following comments:

"Lively quotes from Cisneros herself are the core of this biography, which tells how she found her subject in her identity as a Mexican American woman . . ." -- Booklist, January 1 & 15, 1999

". . . This takes flight by heavily and freely quoting from Cisneros, who has thought deeply about her heritage as an American, as a Mexican, and as a woman, and who articulates those thoughts willingly and often wildly." -- Kirkus Review, October 15, 1998

". . . a well-balanced look at an individual who is both shaped by and a shaper of the world around her." -- The Horn Book Guide, January-June 1999

". . . well-written, lively biography . . . the book will be useful for reports and assignments." -- VOYA, October 1999

Winner of Best Books of 2000, New York Public Library