Mexican WhiteBoy, Matt de la Pena
Mexican WhiteBoy, Matt de la Pena
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Mexican WhiteBoy

Author: Matt de la Pena

Narrator: Henry Leyva

Unabridged: 7 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2013

Synopsis

“[A] first-rate exploration of self-identity.” —School Library JournalDanny’s tall and skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. Ninety-five-mile-an-hour fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound, he loses it. Ball ends up so far out of the strike zone it’s laughable.But at his private school, they don’t expect much else from him. Danny’s brown. Half-Mexican brown. And growing up in San Diego, that close to the border, means everyone knows exactly who he is before he even opens his mouth. Before they find out he can’t speak Spanish, and before they realize his mom has blond hair and blue eyes, they’ve got him pegged. But it works the other way too. And Danny’s convinced it’s his whiteness that sent his father back to Mexico.That’s why he’s spending the summer with his dad’s family. Only, to find himself, he may just have to face the demons he refuses to see—the demons that are right in front of his face. And open up to a friendship he never saw coming.Set in the alleys and on the ball fields of San Diego County, Mexican WhiteBoy is a story of friendship, acceptance, and the struggle to find your identity in a world of definitions.

About Matt de la Pena

Mexican WhiteBoy is Matt de la Peña’s second novel for young readers. It was an ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, a Notable Book for a Global Society, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. His first novel, Ball Don’t Lie, was an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA-YALSA Quick Pick for Young Adults and was made into a major motion picture. He attended the University of the Pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at San Diego State University. De la Peña lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches creative writing. Look for Matt de la Peña’s third novel, We Were Here, and fourth novel, I Will Save You, both available from Delacorte Press.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on September 11, 2016

Mexican Whiteboy is a YA text written by Matt De la Peña, and I really liked this book a lot (and my friend Jenn suggested over my shoulder that I add, for veracity’s sake, that he is, based on his picture, “cute,” which okay, he is, done). De la Peña is the author of picture book Last Stop on Marke......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on December 20, 2008

From the author of _Ball Don't Lie_ comes another excellent book that nails baseball but is about much more. Danny is wicked gifted when it comes to baseball--he can knock baseballs out of the park, and his pitching maxes out the meter at the local fair even when he was smashed. But he couldn't thro......more

Goodreads review by Rose on January 17, 2020

Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena is about two boys named Uno and Danny, the book focuses on their friendship and baseball. To be honest I did not like the book very much, I started reading it and had no interest in it. But as I got further into the book it did get a bit better. I feel that it was......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on December 14, 2014

Pena, M. (2008) Mexican white boy. New York: Delacorte. Mexican White Boy is a multicultural book that portrays the life of a Hispanic/American boy named Danny who finds himself trying to figure out his own self-identity. Amongst white boys he is considered Mexican while among his own family he feels......more

Goodreads review by Angela on November 27, 2019

pooled ink Reviews: Mexican Whiteboy is a gripping story about finding oneself, baseball, and friendship. Moments will make you laugh, make your heart ache, make you sit on the edge of your seat with your eyes glued to that fastball, and make you stop and think as it delves into themes deeper tha......more

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