Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
by Sonia Manzano • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2015
Word Count 70,811
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 910L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175631, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- Family
- Television writers--United States--Biography.--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Manzano, Sonia
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Unite
- Television writers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic/Latino
- Television actors and actresses--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Manzano, Sonia--Family--Juvenile literature
- Hispanic American women
- Young Adult Biography
- Hispanic American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Television actors and actresses
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Topics)
- United States
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
- Coming of age
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / General (see a
- Coming of age--Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile literature
- Childhood and youth
- Manzano, Sonia--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
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