Mexican WhiteBoy
DANNY’S TALL AND skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound he loses it.But at his private school, they don’t...
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DANNY’S TALL AND skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound he loses it.But at his private school, they don’t expect much else from him. Danny’s brown. Half-Mexican brown. And growing up in San Diego that close to the border means everyone else knows exactly who he is before he even opens his mouth. Before they find out he can’t speak Spanish, and before they realize his mom has blond hair and blue eyes, they’ve got him pegged. Danny’s convinced it’s his whiteness that sent his father back to Mexico. And that’s why he’s spending the summer with his dad’s family. Only, to find himself, he might just have to face the demons he refuses to see right in front of his face.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385733106 (0385733100)
Publish date: August 12th 2008
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This book is about Danny who is 16 and is half white and half Mexican. His mother is dating a new guy, who she thinks is the one and for the summer, Danny decides to visit his dad's family.This was a book I had wanted to read for awhile and I finally got it from the library. This book was hard for m...