The Summer of El Pintor by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
	List Price:   $9.95 Unit Price:   $7.96 You Save:   $1.99 (20%) ISBN-10:   1558853278 ISBN-13:   9781558853270 Publisher:   Arte Publico Press Edition:   illustrated Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   January 2001 Pages:   240 Format:   Trade Paper 2 Ages:   11 and UP Grades:   11 and up
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION IDENTITY_FICTION MOVING, HOUSEHOLD_FICTION SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES_FICTION MEXICAN AMERICANS_FICTION MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES LOS ANGELES (CALIF.)_FICTION
Description/Notes
When sixteen-year-old Monica and her widowed father go back to Los Angeles, reluctantly moving from a wealthy neighborhood to the barrio house her mother grew up in, Monica tries to locate a missing neighbor, and in the process learns about her mother's past. When Monica discovers a mysterious letter in a musty hiding place forgotten since her mother's death, she is drawn into a web of questions surrounding the disappearance of her neighbor, El Pintor, the mysterious man who Monica believes holds the secret to her mother's past. From the moment Monica discovers a mysterious letter in a musty hiding place forgotten since her mother's death, she is drawn into a web of questions surrounding the disappearance of her neighbor, El Pintor. Monica soon believes the mysterious man may hold the secret to her mother's past.