(4) YA Hispanic Biographies series. Published spring 1998.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) YA Hispanic Biographies series. Mexican-American Pancho Gonzales became a world champion tennis player in the 1950s at a time when other champions were whites from wealthy backgrounds. The author writes of Gonzales's working-class background and emphasizes the discrimination he overcame to win recognition and respect. The poorly reproduced black-and-white photographs add little to an otherwise readable biography. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) YA Hispanic Biographies series. Published spring 1998.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) YA Hispanic Biographies series. Goodnough's biography competently covers Bol_var's life and the politics and events in South America as he worked to liberate the continent from Spain. The author includes both Bol_var's successes and failures along with enough historical background to put his subject's life into context. The black-and-white photographs are poorly reproduced, but the writing is serviceable and the maps are clear. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) YA Hispanic Biographies series. Published spring 1998. These are clearly written, if occasionally repetitive, biographies of Cuban-American singer Estefan, Puerto Rican actor Juliß, and Chilean poet Neruda. The books trace their subjects' professional and personal lives, while emphasizing their Hispanic backgrounds. The accompanying black-and-white photographs are occasionally poorly reproduced. Neruda includes a glossary. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(3) YA Hispanic Biographies series. Highlighting the effects of poverty and of mixed-parentage on Cisneros's young life and the difficulties of being a Chicano writer in a mostly white, middle-class literary world, the author also discusses Cisneros's personal strengths, convictions, and vulnerabilities. The result is a well-balanced look at an individual who is both shaped by and a shaper of the world around her. A chronology and black-and-white photos are included. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Mary Burkey