The "Hollywood" where Sammy Santos and Juliana Rios live is not the West Coast one, the one with all the glitz and glitter. This Hollywood is a tough barrio at the edge of a small town in southern New Mexico. Sammy and his friends, members of the 1969 high school graduating class, face a world of racism, dress codes, war in Vietnam, and barrio violence.
In the summer before his senior year begins, Sammy falls in love with Juliana, a girl whose tough veneer disguises a world of hurt. By summer's end, Juliana is dead. Sammy grieves; the memory of Juliana becomes his guide through the difficult year ahead. Sammy is a smart kid, but he's angry. He's angry about Juliana's death, he's angry about the poverty his father and his sister must endure, he's angry at his high school and its thinly disguised gringo racism, and he's angry he might not be able to go to college.
Benjamin Alire Saenz, evoking the bittersweet ambience found in such novels as McMurtry's The Last Picture Show, captures the essence of what it meant to grow up Chicano in smalltown America in the late 1960s.
Pinned follows Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane, two high school seniors, as they embark on the most important winter of their lives in a quest for the state high school wrestling championship....
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The Hollywood where Sammy Santos and Juliana Rios live is not the West Coast one, this Hollywood is a tough barrio at the edge of a small town in southern New Mexico....
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When Eddie 'Dipper' Hopkins steals George Archer's wallet, he has no idea that he is about to enter a dark world of graverobbing, assassins and zombies....
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Panic fills the streets of 1756 London when the earth suddenly starts lurching and spinning, and the city is left in total darkness....
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Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity....
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High school freshman Scott Hudson is sideswiped by the unexpected news that his mother is about to have another baby....
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Sephy is a Cross, a member of the darkskinned ruling class. Callum is a Nought, a 'colourless' member of the underclass....
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High school freshman Scott Hudson is sideswiped by the unexpected news that his mother is about to have another baby....
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It is the dawn of the 18th century, when girls stay home and sew while men sail the high seas finding adventure, danger, and gold....
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