Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
Edition: 1st HarperTempest pbk. ed.
Publisher: HarperTempest; Rayo
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060843748
Subjects: Death -- Fiction; Grief -- Fiction; Violence -- Fiction; Mexican Americans -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of "gringo" racism, unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and poverty.