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Matt de la Pena
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Mexican White Boy (2010)

Mexican WhiteBoy is a book about Danny, a boy who is too white for to be Mexican and too Mexican, to be white. Although Danny is socially awkward, baseball is the one think that makes Danny comfortable. Since Danny's father has been absent, nothing has been the same. Given the choice to spend the...

Mexican White Boy (2010) by Matt de la Pena
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Mexican WhiteBoy (2008)

This is a realistic fiction book that can relate to child readers who are experiencing the same situation. Story is not real but about a Half-Mexican boy named Danny. Mom is white and dad is full Mexican and got deported. He struggles to find his identity in a white private school. The complexiti...

Mexican WhiteBoy (2008) by Matt de la Pena
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Les Vivants (2014)

Welcome to Book CityDate: November 26, 2014Spoilers AheadHeadlineThe LivingMatt de La PeñaShy took the summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he'll rake in the tips and be able to help his mom and sister out with the bills. And how bad can it be? Bikinis, free fo...

Les Vivants (2014) by Matt de la Pena
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We Were Here (2009)

This book is really interesting, it is like Miguel's diary, yet it seemed like an ordinary book told by the narrator as well. The characters in this story is very unique, and has all been through things we had never imagined before. This is the first book I have read about kids who have went to J...

We Were Here (2009) by Matt de la Pena
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I Will Save You (2010)

I really enjoyed reading this book but I would have enjoyed it more if I had not figured out twist from the very beginning of the book. I really enjoyed the fact that this had a love story told from the male character. I would be happy if more males felt "ok" about reading books that have a ro...

I Will Save You (2010) by Matt de la Pena
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A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis (2011)

I'm sharing this with my book group who is reading Mighty Miss Malone for our FEAR unit this month. Perfect for building background knowledge for the same event - the boxing match between Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling in 1938 - that Chrisopher Paul Curtis includes in his book. Beautiful, e...

A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis (2011) by Matt de la Pena
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Ball Don't Lie (2007)

Newbery Award-winning author Matt de la Pena's Ball Don't Lie about basketball "is a must-read." [The Bulletin]   Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the p...

Ball Don't Lie (2007) by Matt de la Pena
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Curse of the Ancients

He sensed her frustration, and he wished there was more he could do to help. But she was operating on a level of physics that was simply beyond him. They’d been huddled behind the cave like this for several hours already, and it didn’t seem like they were any closer to a solution. She’d gotten th...

Curse of the Ancients by Matt de la Pena

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