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ELISA'S MEET THE AUTHOR
DIARY
Doris Luisa Oronoz
GENRE
After Doris Luisa Oronoz
Realistic fiction includes and her family moved from
characters and events that are Puerto Rico to the United
like people and events in real States, her children went
life. As you read, look for: through experiences and
feelings very similar to those
challenges and conflicts that that Elisa goes through. Oronoz has said that
might happen in real life although this story is not based on real events,
characters’ feelings that seem the emotions of Elisa’s character are drawn
believable from her memory. They are a meditation on
the joys and difficulties children encounter
when they move to a new place.
MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR
Byron Gin
Byron Gin lives near Chicago,
Illinois, with his wife and
two cats, Bear and Kathe.
Born in California, Gin
worked as an illustrator and
printmaker before
becoming a full-time
painter. One group of his
paintings, Street Series,
captures people Gin
has glimpsed while walking
through downtown Chicago.
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