Muchacho: A Novel
Read by
Ozzie Rodriguez
Release:
09/08/2009
Runtime:
4h 49m
Unabridged
Quantity:
Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2010
Winner of ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers, 2010
Nominated for Missouri Gateway Readers Award
Winner of NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2010
Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, 2010
An inspiring YA debut from the author of Dangerous Minds.
Eddie Corazon is angry. He’s also very smart. But he’s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he’s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up—when they aren’t in jail.
Then along comes Lupe, who makes his blood race. She sees something in Eddie he doesn’t even see in himself. A heart, and a mind, and something more: a poet. But in Eddie’s world, it’s a thin line between tragedy and glory. And what goes down is entirely in Eddie’s hands.
Gripping, thought-provoking, and hopeful, Muchacho is a rare and inspiring story about one teen’s determination to fight his circumstances and shape his own destiny.
Eddie Corazon is angry. He’s also very smart. But he’s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he’s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up—when they aren’t in jail.
Then along comes Lupe, who makes his blood race. She sees something in Eddie he doesn’t even see in himself. A heart, and a mind, and something more: a poet. But in Eddie’s world, it’s a thin line between tragedy and glory. And what goes down is entirely in Eddie’s hands.
Gripping, thought-provoking, and hopeful, Muchacho is a rare and inspiring story about one teen’s determination to fight his circumstances and shape his own destiny.
Release:
2009-09-08
Runtime:
4h 49m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780739385982
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Praise