Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
by Lori Carlson and Oscar Hijuelos
“I’m a grafted flower that didn’t / take, a Mexican without being... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2005
- Text Complexity
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- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Poetry
- Hispanic American youth
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Children's poetry, Hispanic American (Spanish
- Hispanic American children
- Hispanic Americans--Poetry
- Hispanic Americans
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- American poetry--Hispanic American authors
- Children's poetry, American
- Hispanic American authors
- American poetry
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Américas Award, 1993-2023
Commended, 2005
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