CrashBoomLove by Juan Felipe Herrera
A California farmworker kid's season in hell, told through fast-verse lines that careen to the beat of a fiery heart.
Herrera paints a devastating, yet ultimately hopeful portrait of Cesar Garcia, a 16-year-old Mexican teen growing up in the American high-school culture of Fowlerville, California. . . Cesar is the classic example of America's throwaway teen, a young man constantly in the wrong place at the wrong time who, because of his language and cultural differences, becomes more and more marginalized. It is also the story of an educational system that can occasionally make the difference in both teens' and adults' lives and futures. . . . a roller-coaster tour de force, remarkable for its ebullient portrait of hope and survival. A must purchase."—Booklist, starred review
Juan Felipe Herrera is professor of Chicano studies at California State University, Fresno.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780826321145 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826321143 |
| Title | CrashBoomLove |
| Author | Juan Herrera |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year published | 1999-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Prizes | Winner of Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Grades 8-12) 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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