Background
Velasquez, Gloria Louise was born on December 21, 1949 in Loveland, Colo. Daughter of John E. and Frances (Molinar) Velasquez.
(Juanita Fights the School Board is the first novel in Glo...)
Juanita Fights the School Board is the first novel in Gloria Velásquez's Roosevelt High School Series, a series featuring characters with whom all children, and especially U.S. Hispanic children, can relate. This novel for young adults details the expulsion of a young Mexican-American girl from Roosevelt High School for getting involved in a fight with another student. The story begins with Juanita's expulsion and describes the effect this event has on her self-image and on her family. One of six children of California migrant workers, Juanita hopes to be the first in her family to graduate from high school. With the help of a school psychologist and a former civil rights attorney, Juanita fights the discrimination against minorities at Roosevelt High School and returns from her expulsion more determined than ever to fulfill her dream of graduating from high school. The second novel in Velásquez's series, Maya's Divided World, focuses on divorce and its effects on young people.
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(This new installment in the Roosevelt High School series ...)
This new installment in the Roosevelt High School series focuses on teen pregnancy Celia is a beautiful young girl on the brink of her sophomore year in high school. She watches her weekly soap opera Teen Angel and dreams about cute boys. One day, when Celia goes to visit her best friend Cassie, she meets Nicky, and exciting older boy with a tattoo of a snake on his arm. Finally, it seems that all the things that she’s been dreaming of are coming true with this boy who could pass for one of the stars on her favorite show. When Nicky discards her and Celia discovers she’s pregnant, problems spiral around her. How will she face her parents and finish school? What happens when her fellow students at Roosevelt High find out? With the help of her older sister Juanita, Celia tries to deal with the results of her infatuation with an older boy.
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The third novel in the series focuses on the difficult issue of a young man's struggle with his sexual orientation--a conflict made more difficult by his family's traditional Hispanic expectations.
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(Ankiza is the fifth novel in Gloria Velázquez's popular R...)
Ankiza is the fifth novel in Gloria Velázquez's popular Roosevelt High School series, which features a multirracial group of teenaged students who must individually face social and cultural issues (such as vilence, sexuality, and prejudice) inescapable among young adults today. Ankiza is a tall, attractive African-American girl who enjoys Bob Marley albums and Oreo cookies. Hunter Bianchi is a handsome Italian-American senior who plays on Roosevelt High's tennis team along with their mutual friend Maya. When the two students begin to date, they're mildly surprised (in ways good and bad) by the unexpeted reactions of some of their friends: Tommy, Tyrone, Juanita, Rudy, and even Maya. But a hateful anonymous note addressed to Ankiza causes a private matter to escalate into a public affair, and soon almost everyone at Rosevelt High--student, parent, and faculty alike--has been drawn into a tense situation; and all are compelled to ask themselves thorny personal questions about bias and resentment they'd generally prefer to evade.
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(When it comes to racial prejudice and integration, all ar...)
When it comes to racial prejudice and integration, all are created equal in the classroom, on the playing field, and in friendships, right? Will friends respect the choices made? Ankiza is the fifth novel in Gloria Velásquez’s popular Roosevelt High School series, which features a multiracial group of teenaged students who must individually face social and cultural issues (such as violence, sexuality, and prejudice) inescapable among young adults today. Ankiza is a tall, attractive African-American girl who enjoys Bob Marley albums and Oreo cookies. Hunter Bianchi is a handsome Italian-American senior who plays on Roosevelt High’s tennis team along with their mutual friend Maya. When the two students begin to date, they’re mildly surprised (in ways good and bad) by the unexpected reactions of some of their friends: Tommy, Tyrone, Juanita, Rudy, and even Maya. A hateful anonymous note addressed to Ankiza causes a private matter to escalate into a public affair, and soon almost everyone at Roosevelt High students, parents, and faculty alike has been drawn into a tense situation; and all are compelled to ask themselves thorny personal questions about bias and resentment they’d generally prefer to evade. Frances Ann Day, Latina and Latino Voices in Literature writes, “Velásquez’s books are among the few in literature for young adults where the characters are multiracial; she shows African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Chicanos, and Chicanas developing strong friendships and supporting each other.”
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(When Juanita's dreams of being the first in her family to...)
When Juanita's dreams of being the first in her family to graduate from high school are thwarted by an expulsion after getting in a fight with another student, the young Mexican-American girl enlists the help of a lawyer and the school counselor to fight discrimination. This is the first book in the Roosevelt High School Series.
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Velasquez, Gloria Louise was born on December 21, 1949 in Loveland, Colo. Daughter of John E. and Frances (Molinar) Velasquez.
Bachelor, University Northern Colorado, 1978. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1985.
Professor California Polytech. State University, San Luis Obispo, since 1985.
(When it comes to racial prejudice and integration, all ar...)
(Ankiza is the fifth novel in Gloria Velázquez's popular R...)
(When Juanita's dreams of being the first in her family to...)
(The third novel in the series focuses on the difficult is...)
(Juanita Fights the School Board is the first novel in Glo...)
(This new installment in the Roosevelt High School series ...)
(The author's poetry, in Spanish and English, with photos.)
(poetry, bilingual edition, illustrated)
(First edition (presu)
Children: Robert John Velasquez Trevino, Brandi Lynn Trevino.