Maya’s Divided World (Roosevelt High School Series)

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The second installment in Gloria Velásquez’s Roosevelt High School Series of fictional narratives dealing with the pressures and mysteries of young adult life.

by Gloria Velásquez

ISBN: 978-1-55885-131-3
Publication Date: 1995
Format: Trade Paperback
Pages: 128
Imprint: Piñata Books
Ages: 11-18

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Maya’s Divided World is the second installment in Gloria Velásquez’s Roosevelt High School Series of fictional narratives dealing with the pressures and mysteries of young adult life.  The highly-regarded series takes place in a high school with a multicultural student body and explores the problems of growing up in today’s world.

In Maya’s Divided World, the well ordered and productive life that Maya has been able to accomplish during her high school years receives a sudden jolt, and everything seems to come undone when her parents announce their impending divorce. Her mother’s traditional family almost disowns her when they hear the bad news, but their surprise and dismay is nothing compared to the depression and loss experienced by Maya, who had no idea that her parents were growing apart.

In her confusion, Maya abandons her friends for a newer, rougher set, and generally turns her back on all of the positive values, aspirations and accomplishments that once meant so much to her. The reaction of Maya’s friends and family to her disorientation makes for engrossing, enriching reading.

“. . . the author does a nice job of giving readers a window into the culture and providing some positive role models.” —Booklist

“Velasquez has written an engaging story that will help teens, gay and straight, to better understand the consequences of homophobia.”—Booklist on Tommy Stands Alone

GLORIA VELÁSQUEZ is an award-winning writer of poetry and fiction. She is the author of two poetry collections, I Used to Be a Superwoman (1997) and Xicana on the Run (2006), and the Roosevelt High School Series: Tommy Stands Tall (2013), Rudy’s Memory Walk (2009), Tyrone’s Betrayal (2006), Teen Angel (2003), Ankiza (2000), Rina’s Family Secret (1998), Maya’s Divided World (1995), Tommy Stands Alone (1995), and Juanita Fights the School Board (1994), all from Piñata Books. Velásquez is currently a professor in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
Learn more at gloriavelasquez.com.

ATOS Interest Level: Middle Grade
Category: Young Adult
ATOS English: 4.6
Accelerated Reader Quiz #: 35006