{"product_id":"me-llamo-marcela-marcela-t-garcs-9780814259153","title":"Me Llamo Marcela: My Story as a Heritage Speaker","description":"On her first day of middle school Spanish class, Marcela thought she'd excel--after all, she'd grown up speaking Spanish at home and on visits to family in Colombia. Instead, she quickly felt like a confused imposter, unsure how a language that was part of her heritage and identity could so elude her. And so, at age thirteen, with the help of her Spanish teacher Do?a Maribel, Marcela began her formal journey studying Spanish. She never anticipated how much she'd discover about learning a language and what it means to be a heritage speaker--someone who grows up using a language at home but often lacks more formal knowledge of it. In this charming graphic memoir that captures a little-discussed aspect of growing up multicultural, Marcela recounts her earliest Spanish teachers: Colombian street vendors, family members who shouted or whispered words, and her beloved Do?a Maribel, who helped her connect the Spanish of her youth with what she was learning in the classroom. Childhood memories from trips to Colombia intertwine with her adolescence, when Marcela resolves to study the language for herself, not because people correct her or expect her to speak it well but because she wants to learn. This comic, drawn by Marcela's brother Andr?s, shows the complicated path of language and identity that Marcela travels as a heritage speaker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcela T. Garc?s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814259154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814259153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mad Creek Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2024","brand":"Marcela T. Garc?s","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897863299327,"sku":"9780814259153","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac0ea78c-202e-4347-b4ad-fb0c19ff6edc.jpg?v=1721374934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/me-llamo-marcela-marcela-t-garcs-9780814259153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}