The Jumping Tree
The Jumping Tree
ISBN: 9780440228813
作者: Rene Saldana Jr
出版社: Random House Childrens Books
出版年: 2002-12
页数: 192
定价: $ 7.35
装帧: Pap
内容简介
These lively stories follow Rey Castaneda from sixth through eighth grade in Nuevo Penitas, Texas. One side of Rey's family lives nearby in Mexico, the other half in Texas, and Rey fits in on both sides of the border. In Nuevo Penitas, he enjoys fooling around with his pals in the barrio; at school, he's one of the "A list" kids.
As Rey begins to cross the border from childhood into manhood, he turns from jokes and games to sense the meaning of work, love, poverty, and grief, and what it means to be a proud Chicano-moments that sometimes propel him to show feelings un hombre should never express. It's a new territory where Rey longs to follow the example his hardworking, loving father has set for him.
From the Hardcover edition.