The Jumping Tree - Rilegato

Saldana, Rene, Jr.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0385327250 ISBN 13: 9780385327251

Casa editrice: Delacorte Pr, 2001

Riassunto

Having family on both sides of the Mexican border, young Rey Castaneda, living in a small town in Texas, tells of his life from sixth to eighth grade as he grows from a boy to a man in America while staying true to his Chicano roots.

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Informazioni sull?autore

René Saldaña, Jr, is a former middle school and high school English teacher. He is now in the doctoral program in creative writing at Georgia State University. This is his first novel.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

These lively stories follow Rey Castaneda from sixth through eighth grade in Nuevo Penitas, Texas. One side of Rey's family lives nearby in Mexico, the other half in Texas, and Rey fits in on both sides of the border. In Nuevo Penitas, he enjoys fooling around with his pals in the barrio; at school, he's one of the "A list" kids.

As Rey begins to cross the border from childhood into manhood, he turns from jokes and games to sense the meaning of work, love, poverty, and grief, and what it means to be a proud Chicano-moments that sometimes propel him to show feelings un hombre should never express. It's a new territory where Rey longs to follow the example his hardworking, loving father has set for him.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Delacorte Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0385327250
• ISBN 13: 9780385327251
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 181
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile