White Bread Competition

by Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández

Overview

The picturesque city of San Antonio, Texas, with its rich Mexican-American culture provides the ideal backdrop for the linked stories in this intriguing novel. Luz, a young Latina, will represent her state in an upcoming national spelling bee. Her participation in the contest signifies a substantial milestone for her community’s sense of pride and achievement. But her success also triggers a variety of other emotions: Luz’s younger sister, Justina, struggles to understand her mixed feelings towards her older sister’s accomplishment; Luz’s grandmother fears her granddaughter’s ambition while another generation of Latinas pins its hopes on her; and the Anglo students and parents must come to terms with the increasing visibility of the Latino community.

Woven together with the vivid metaphor of making tortillas, stories such as "Kneading Attitude” and “Mixing Ingredients” explore deep and consequential themes in this charming and hopeful collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611927924
Publisher:	Arte Publico Press
Publication date:	11/30/1997
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	161 KB
Age Range:	11 - 16 Years

About the Author

JO ANN HERNÁNDEZ is the author of The Throwaway Piece (Piñata Books, 2006), and White Bread Competition (Piñata Books,1997), which received recognition as the second place winner of the University of California Irvine’s Chicano/Latino Literary Prize in 1996. Her work has been published in various journals.