| Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood Contributor(s): Sáenz, Benjamin Alire (Author) |
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ISBN: 1933693991 ISBN-13: 9781933693996 Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2011 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Age Level: 14-17 |
| Grade Level: 9-12 |
| Lexile Measure: 390(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.75 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 82054 Reading Level: 2.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is 1969, America is at war, Hollywood is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small-town America, and Sammy and Juliana face a world of racism, war in Vietnam, and barrio violence. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood is a Young Adult Library Services Association Top 10 Best Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Young Adults. Benjamin Alire S enz--novelist, poet, and writer of children's books--was named one of the Fifty Most Inspiring Authors in the World by Poets & Writers magazine. He was also a finalist for PEN/USA's literary award for children's and young adult literature. S enz lives in El Paso, Texas. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saenz, Benjamin Alire: - BENJAMIN ALIRE SÁENZ was born in his grandmother's house in Picacho, New Mexico--on the outskirts of Las Cruces, New Mexico where Juliana in Hollywood is set. He was the fourth of seven children and was brought up in a traditional Mexican-American Catholic family. His family spoke mostly Spanish at home, and it was only through his education in the public schools that he learned to speak and write in English. He entered the seminary in 1972, a decision that was as much political as it was religious: he was heavily influenced by such Catholic thinkers as Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, César Chavez and the Berrigan brothers. After concluding his theological studies at the University of Louvain, he was ordained a Catholic priest. Three and a half years later, he left the priesthood. At the age of 30, he entered the Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. He later received a fellowship at the University of Iowa, and in 1988, he received a Wallace E. Stegner Fellowship in poetry from Stanford University. In 1993 he returned to the border to teach in the Bilingual MFA program at the University of Texas at El Paso. His most recent book of poetry, Elegies in Blue, was published by Cinco Puntos Press in 2002. This is his first book for young adults. |
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