| He Forgot to Say Goodbye Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Sáenz, Benjamin Alire (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416994343 ISBN-13: 9781416994343 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: Two boys from opposite sides of the tracks come together in Benjamin Alire Saenz's heartfelt novel about missing fathers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007021959 |
| Lexile Measure: 480 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 123406 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the surface, Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove couldn't live more different lives. Ram is Mexican-American, lives in the poor section of town, and is doing his best to keep his mother sane while his brother fights off a drug-induced coma. Jake is a WASP who drives a nice car, lives in a mansion, and has a mother who drinks a bit too much and a step-father who cheats on her. But there is one point, one issue, where their lives are exactly the same; their fathers walked out on them when they were just young boys. And at this convergence, Ram and Jake see how everything in their lives is just a little bit similar, because they both blame everything that goes wrong on the one thing they actually have in common. A heartfelt novel from an award-winning author. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saenz, Benjamin Alire: - Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an author of poetry and prose for adults and teens. He is the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Book Award for his books for adults. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe was a Printz Honor Book, the Stonewall Award winner, the Pura Belpre Award winner, the Lambda Literary Award winner, and a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. His first novel for teens, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, was an ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book for teens, He Forgot to Say Goodbye, won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, the Southwest Book Award, and was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. He teaches creative writing at the University of Texas, El Paso. |