

We Were Here
Author: Matt de la Pena
Narrator: Henry Leyva
Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 08/13/2013
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Social Themes, Family
Author: Matt de la Pena
Narrator: Henry Leyva
Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 08/13/2013
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Social Themes, Family
Matt de la Pena is the author of several acclaimed YA novels - Ball Don't Lie, Mexican WhiteBoy, We Were Here, and I Will Save You - and one picture book, A Nation's Hope. He teaches creative writing at NYU.
Critical positions toward this book that I take issue with: 1. A part-white/part-anything else protagonist is a literary device to allow white readers permission to identify with the main character, thus garnering mainstream appeal. This attitude debases the validity of a multiracial identity. It is e......more
Yo, this book it is really a journey man. A journey to acceptance and self-recognition. I really love Matt de la Peña's writting style. I discover him in My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories and I'm glad I pursued him... and will read more of him. I don't know if it is because I am latina ju......more
This is a terrific book. It took me a while to finish it because I was reading so many other books, but I found that I would come back to this book at the right times, and could not get away from it (not that I wanted to). This book resonated with me deeply. In the end, I find this book to be both c......more