Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Benjamin Alire Saenz
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Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood

Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Narrator: Robert Ramirez

Unabridged: 9 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/11/2006


Synopsis

Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
–Young Adult Library Services Association

A young adult novel Latino-style–the year is 1969. America is at war, “Hollywood” is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small town America, and Sammy and Juliana, about to head into their senior year, are in love.

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood is a Chicano ode to survival. In so many ways, in so many of the characters’ lives, I see images of riding out the storms of youth, of a cultural revolution, of war and of death. But of love, too: lost love, found love, the love for friends and family, for place. What else is there to chase after?
–René Saladaña, Jr., author of Finding our Way and The Jumping Tree

About The Author

Benjamin Alire Sáenz is the author of Carry Me Like Water; Flowers for the Broken, a short story collection; and two poetry collections, Dark and Perfect Angels and Calendar of Dust, winner of the 1992 American Book Award. He teaches creative writing at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he lives with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Isa

"Yo pensaba que la gente te lastimaba donde fuera que estuvieras. Sin importar adónde fueras. Te encuentran. Y luego te lastiman". Este es el libro de Benjamin Alire Saenz que se desarrolla más atrás en el tiempo. 1968, Las Cruces. Sammy y Juliana viven en Hollywood, pero no en el Hollywood lleno de......more

"We who both liked words so much, we had so little to say. Julianna was right, words didn't mean as much as I thought." °•*⁀➷ Oh my, oh my. I don't think I'll ever read a book by Ben that doesn't change my life just a little bit. Sammy's senior year is one I don't envy him of. It's 1968 and the world......more

Goodreads review by Kirstin

4.5 stars This book made me feel things that tore me apart. Benjamin Alire Sáenz is slowly becoming my favourite author. The way he writes, the things he writes about are amazing. This book was sad but in a good way and I promise if you read this book it will not let you down. Read one of Benjamin's......more

Goodreads review by Bel

MY GOD GUYS "Este es, a mi parecer, el libro con más crítica social del autor. Si bien la cuestión de clases sociales, de condición de inmigrantes, de pertenencia al colectivo LGBT+ siempre están, de forma más o menos marcada, en sus novelas, en esta se atreve (y el setting se lo permite) a hacer crí......more

Goodreads review by Ray

Un libro que nos cuenta lo que sucede en la vida de Sammy Santos, que vive en un barrio mexicano llamado Hollywood, al sur de EE.UU, a finales de los 60. Sammy es un chico que saca buenas notas y cuyo padre y hermana creen que es el mejor del mundo, sin embargo, desde corta edad conoce lo que es la p......more