03153cam a2200529 4500 771736870 TxAuBib 20191113120000.0 190411s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||spa|u 2019011637 9781558858855 pbk. 1558858857 pbk. DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib spa eng spa Jesus, Ada De. Baile de octavo y otros recuerdos. El baile de octavo y otros recuerdos [Spanish] / Ada De Jesus = The eighth-grade dance and other memories / Ada De Jesus ; English translation by Nicolás Kanellos. Eighth-grade dance and other memories. Eighth-grade dance & other memories. Houston, Tex. : Piaa Books, Arte Pbico Press, [2019] 70, 69 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Translated from the Spanish. Titles from separate t.p.s; worked issued back-to-back and inverted. "Eleven-year-old Ada De Jesús was on the cusp of her teens when she moved to the United States from Puerto Rico. . . . In Chicago, the white dress she arrived in didn't protect her from the snow and frigid temperatures! Constantly exposed to new things, she developed a resilience that served her well. 'From one place to another, like riding a bike, if you keep pedaling, you won't fall.' Ada discovered that students in the United States were frequently disrespectful to their teachers. At school she often felt like a two-year-old as she grappled with a completely new language. In addition to navigating a different culture, she had to deal with all the issues familiar to teenage girls: the growth of body hair, pimples, menstruation and burgeoning feelings for the opposite sex . . . In these short vignettes recollecting her middle-school year Ada De Jesús shares her . . . experiences as a newcomer and an adolescent"--Amazon. Young Adult Follett Library Resources. Young Adult. 20191113. Text in English and Spanish. Jesus, Ada De Juvenile literature. Jesús, Ada De. Puerto Rican middle school students United States Biography Juvenile literature. Minority high school students United States Biography Juvenile literature. Puerto Ricans United States Biography Juvenile literature. Puerto Ricans Biography. Middle school students. Middle school students. Biography. Minorities. Minorities. Biography. High school students. High school students. Biography. Women Biography. Spanish language materials Bilingual. Bilingual books English-Spanish. Upside-down books. Autobiographies. Kanellos, Nicolás, translator. Jesus, Ada De, Houston, TX : Piñata Books, 2019 El baile de octavo y otros recuerdos =.