| Efrain's Secret Contributor(s): Quintero, Sofia (Author) |
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ISBN: 044024062X ISBN-13: 9780440240624 Publisher: Rh Childrens Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse - Young Adult Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.55" W x 8.22" (0.52 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136659 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ambitious high school senior Efrain Rodriguez dreams of escaping the South Bronx for an Ivy League college like Harvard or Yale. But how is his family going to afford to pay for a prestigious university when Moms has to work insane hours to put food on the table as it is? And Efrain wouldn't dare ask that good-for-nothing father of his who has traded his family in for younger models. Left with few options, Efrain chooses to do something he never thought he would. He embarks on a double life--honor student by day, drug peddler at night--convinced that by temporarily capitulating to society's negative expectations of a boy like him, he can eventually defy them. Sofia Quintero makes a stunning debut writing for young adults with this gritty, complex, and real exploration of the life of an urban teen whose attempt to leave one world behind for a better one could cost him everything. |