In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
year: 2009, 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: self-perception, juvenile fiction, cuban americans, fiction, coming of age, wisconsin, history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
Editions
Hijuelos, Oscar
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2009)
In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
Schools: 6
Hijuelos, Oscar
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2008)
In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
Schools: 10
Hijuelos, Oscar
In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
Schools: 0