Crash Boom Love

In this novel in verse -- unprecedented in Chicano literature -- renowned poet Juan Felipe Herrera illuminates the soul of a generation. Drawn from his own life as well as a lifetime of dedication to young people, CrashBoomLove helps readers understand what it is to be a teen, a migrant worker, and a boy wanting to be a boy.That's me. See the kid with a buzzed head.Kinky overalls, bluish and acrylic spray fat letters down the pants. Fists curled like bike lock. Mama says, Don't be so angry.Just making it up, I say. Just making it up....Sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia is careening. His father, Papi Cesar, has left the migrant circuit in California for his other wife and children in Denver. Sweet Mama Lucy tries to provide for her son with dichos and tales of her own misspent youth. But at Rambling West High School in Fowlerville, the sides are drawn: Hmongs vs. Chicanos vs. everybody vs. Cesar, the new kid on the block.Precise and profound, CrashBoomLove will appeal to and resJuan Felipe Herrera is the author of 'Crash Boom Love' with ISBN 9780606194327 and ISBN 0606194320.