Finding Miracles - Hardcover

Alvarez, Julia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375827609 ISBN 13: 9780375827600

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Milly Kaufman is an average American teenager until Pablo, a new student at her school, inspires her to search for her birth family in his native country.

About this title

About the Author:

Julia Alvarez has written three other books for young readers, The Secret Footprints, a picture book; How Tía Lola Came to (Visit) Stay, a middle-grade novel; and Before We Were Free, a young adult novel. She is a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont.

From the Inside Flap:

MILLY KAUFMAN IS an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont--until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo's native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and along the way discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the story of a country recovering from a brutal history.
Beautifully written by reknowned author Julia Alvarez, "Finding Miracles examines the emotional complexity of familial relationships and the miracles of everyday life.

"From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0375827609
• ISBN 13: 9780375827600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264