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Dole, Mayra Lazara

Down to the Bone

369 pp. | HarperTeen | March, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-084310-6 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-084311-3 $17.89
(4) YA After Cuban American teen Laura is forced out of the closet, her community rejects her as "revolting." While rebuilding her life, Laura comes to terms with herself. Dole's heart-on-sleeve style veers toward melodrama, and the secondary characters are very broadly painted, but the nuanced treatment of gender and cultural identity is welcome and refreshing. Glos.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross

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