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Gabi, a girl in pieces

Sixteen-year-old Gabi Hernandez chronicles her senior year in high school as she copes with her friend Cindy's pregnancy, friend Sebastian's coming out, her father's meth habit, her own cravings for food and cute boys, and especially, the poetry that helps forge her identity.

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Main Author: Quintero, Isabel (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: El Paso, Tejas : Cinco Puntos Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
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High schools > Young adult fiction.
Schools > Young adult fiction.
Pregnancy > Young adult fiction.
Gays > Young adult fiction.
Family problems > Young adult fiction.
Mexican Americans > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:Sixteen-year-old Gabi Hernandez chronicles her senior year in high school as she copes with her friend Cindy's pregnancy, friend Sebastian's coming out, her father's meth habit, her own cravings for food and cute boys, and especially, the poetry that helps forge her identity.
Physical Description:284 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:9781935955948
1935955942
9781935955955 (pbk)
1935955950 (pbk)(
Author Notes:Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer from the Inland Empire of Southern California. She is also the daughter of Mexican immigrants. In addition to Gabi, A Girl in Pieces , she has also written a chapter book series for young readers, Ugly Cat and Pablo (Scholastic, Inc.), a non-fiction YA graphic biography, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide (Getty Publications, 2018), which received the Boston Globe Horn Book Award, and most recently, a picture book, My Papi Has a Motorcycle (Kokila, 2019). Isabel also writes poetry and essays. Her work can be found in The Normal School, Huizache, The Acentos Review, As/Us Journal, The James Franco Review, and other publications.

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