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Parrot in the oven : mi vida : a novel

Perico, or parrot, was what Dad called me sometimes. It was from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade, while all along he's sitting inside an oven and doesn't know it... For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a crazy world. His dad spends most of his time and money at the local pool hall; his brother flips through jobs like a thumb through a deck of cards; and his mom never stops cleaning the house, as though one day the rooms will be so spotless they'll disappear into a sparkle, and she'll be free. Manny's dad is always saying that people are like money--there are million- and thousand- and hundred-dollar people out there, and to him, Manny is just a penny. But Manny wants to be more than a penny, smarter than the parrot in the oven. He wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect. In this beautifully written novel, Victor Martinez gives readers a vivid portrait of one Mexican-American boy's life. Manny's story is like a full-color home movie--sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always intensely original.For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a mixed-up, crazy world. Manny's dad is always calling him el perico, or parrot. It's from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade while all along he's sitting inside the oven and doesn't know it. But Manny wants to be smarter than the parrot in the oven'he wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect. From an exciting new voice in Chicano literature, this is a beautifully written, vivid portrait of one Mexican-American boy's life. 1998 Pura Belpre Author Award1996 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature1997 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)1996 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

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  • "Perico, or parrot, was what Dad called me sometimes. It was from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade, while all along he's sitting inside an oven and doesn't know it... For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a crazy world. His dad spends most of his time and money at the local pool hall; his brother flips through jobs like a thumb through a deck of cards; and his mom never stops cleaning the house, as though one day the rooms will be so spotless they'll disappear into a sparkle, and she'll be free. Manny's dad is always saying that people are like money--there are million- and thousand- and hundred-dollar people out there, and to him, Manny is just a penny. But Manny wants to be more than a penny, smarter than the parrot in the oven. He wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect. In this beautifully written novel, Victor Martinez gives readers a vivid portrait of one Mexican-American boy's life. Manny's story is like a full-color home movie--sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always intensely original.For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a mixed-up, crazy world. Manny's dad is always calling him el perico, or parrot. It's from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade while all along he's sitting inside the oven and doesn't know it. But Manny wants to be smarter than the parrot in the oven'he wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect. From an exciting new voice in Chicano literature, this is a beautifully written, vivid portrait of one Mexican-American boy's life. 1998 Pura Belpre Author Award1996 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature1997 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)1996 National Book Award for Young People's Literature."@en
  • "Pour Manuel Hernandez, l'année de son initiation dans le gang local restera une période pleine de tensions et de bouleversements. Son père prétend que les gens sont comme l'argent, et que lui, Manuel, ne vaut pas plus d'un penny. Mais le jeune garçon veut être plus que cela."
  • "Fourteen-year-old Manny Hernandez relates his coming-of-age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle."@en
  • "Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle. Perico, or parrot, was what Dad called me sometimes. It was from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade, while all along he's sitting inside an oven and doesn't know it.... For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a crazy world. His dad spends most of his time and money at the local pool hall; his brother flips through jobs like a thumb through a deck of cards; and his mom never stops cleaning the house, as though one day the rooms will be so spotless they'll disappear into a sparkle, and she'll be free. Manny's dad is always saying that people are like money--there are million- and thousand- and hundred-dollar people out there, and to him, Manny is just a penny. But Manny wants to be more than a penny, smarter than the parrot in the oven. He wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect."@en
  • "Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle. Perico, or parrot, was what Dad called me sometimes. It was from a Mexican saying about a parrot that complains how hot it is in the shade, while all along he's sitting inside an oven and doesn't know it ... For Manuel Hernandez, the year leading up to his test of courage, his initiation into a gang, is a time filled with the pain and tension, awkwardness and excitement of growing up in a crazy world. His dad spends most of his time and money at the local pool hall; his brother flips through jobs like a thumb through a deck of cards; and his mom never stops cleaning the house, as though one day the rooms will be so spotless they'll disappear into a sparkle, and she'll be free. Manny's dad is always saying that people are like money--there are million- and thousand- and hundred-dollar people out there, and to him, Manny is just a penny. But Manny wants to be more than a penny, smarter than the parrot in the oven. He wants to find out what it means to be a vato firme, a guy to respect."@en
  • "De zoon van een Mexicaanse immigrant in Californië vertelt over zijn leven in armoede en zijn hoop op een betere toekomst."
  • "Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle___"@en
  • "Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle"
  • "Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle."@en
  • "Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Jugendbuch"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Spanish language edition"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Parrot in the oven : mi vida : a novel"
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  • "Papegaai in de oven : mijn leven"
  • "El Loro en el horno : mi vida"
  • "Parrot in the oven : mi vida : M / a novel"
  • "Parrot in the Oven Mi Vida"@en
  • "Il pappagallo nel forno"
  • "Il pappagallo nel forno"@it
  • "Parrot in the oven : mi vida; a novel"
  • "Der Papagei im Ofen : Roman"
  • "Parrot in the oven mi vida"@en
  • "Parrot in the oven"@en
  • "Le perroquet mexicain"
  • "Der Papagei im Ofen [Roman]"
  • "Parrot in the oven : Mivida"@en
  • "El loro en el horno : mi vida"@es
  • "El loro en el horno : mi vida"
  • "Parrot in the oven mi vida : a novel"@en
  • "El loro en el horno"@es
  • "El loro en el horno"
  • "El loro en el horno : mi vida = Parrot in the oven : mi vida"@en
  • "Parrot in the oven : mi vida"
  • "Parrot in the oven : mi vida"@en
  • "Parrot in the oven : Mi vida"

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