Yo! : Alvarez, Julia

Sequel to: How the García girls lost their accents

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning

The heroine of Julia Alvarez’s Yo! is an author who writes what she knows–much to the chagrin of her close-knit immigrant family. Yo’s friends and family members, many of whom appeared in Alvarez’s earlier novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, take turns narrating this book. They draw a vivid portrait of the writer, describing her big mouth and high-strung nature as well as the details of her youth in the Dominican Republic