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Standing before the audience, Victor Villaseñor looked at the group of teachers sitting in front of him, and his mind was filled with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse by his teachers. He felt enraged. With his heart in his hand, he began to speak of those abuses. And when he finished, to his great surprise, he found all the teachers standing and emphatically applauding him. Many of the people in the audience could not hold back their tears. This is how Victor Villaseñor's moving and passionate memoirs begin. Despite being very talented and imaginative from a young age, he had to live with a learning disability (it was not until he was 44 years old that he was diagnosed with a severe case of dyslexia), and the frustration of being Latino in an American school where only English was spoken. Despite the teachers who mistreated him because he could not speak English, Villaseñor held on to his dream of one day becoming a writer. Today, he is considered one of the most important authors of our era.

Author: Victor Villasenor
Publisher: Rayo
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780060566838
ISBN10: 0060566833
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural & Regional
- Education | Special Education | Learning Disabilities