PRMS hardcover 247 pages
genre: YA coming-of-age, baseball
Liked:
- Danny as a character, struggling with his identity (not "white" enough at his school, not "Mexican" enough with his relatives)
- the baseball! Great descriptions of his pitching and hitting and competition
- his cousin Sofie and how tuned in she was to him
- so many different characters . . . hard to keep them all straight! Ray, Tommy, Cecilia, Raul, Lolo, Liberty, Randy, Carmen, Raquel, Angela, Bee, Juanita, Flaca, Guita, Uno, Chico, Manny, etc. AND many of them have multiple nicknames, too
- more drug and alcohol references than I'm comfortable with . . .
- somewhat confusing story line. Not sure how this works for middle schoolers, but there were times it made me go back to figure out what was going on
Overall, this is an amazing story. It follows Danny as he goes to spend the summer with his relatives. His white mom is in San Francisco with her new boyfriend and her daughter. His Mexican dad . . . well, that's part of the story. Danny is a wonderful, complex character.
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