Text and photographs portray Puerto Rico's geography and climate, city and rural life, industry, and transportation, focusing especially on the island's status as a Commonwealth.
An introduction to the geography, history, government, politics, economy, resources, people, and culture of Puerto Rico, including maps, charts, and a recipe.
Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time, eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always took for granted.
Drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Le?n, Ana Cubillas becomes involved with enamored twin brothers Ram?n and Inocente before convincing them to claim a sugar plantation they have inherited.
Chronicles the experiences of five generations of women, beginning with Fela, a Puerto Rican sugar plantation African slave who cherished a stone containing the essence of her unborn child and allowed her master to impregnate her, as they discover their powers and struggle with relationships with their husbands and daughters.
