Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

Pura Belpre Honor winner for  The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano and one of America's most influential Hispanics--'Maria' on Sesame Street--delivers a beautifully wrought coming-of-age memoir.

Set in the 1970s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled.  This is Sonia's own story rendered with an unforgettable narrative power. When readers meet youn…