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Hijuelos, Oscar

Dark Dude

440 pp. | Atheneum | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-4804-9 $16.99
(3) YA Rico doesn't fit in: he's too pale for his Cuban neighborhood in New York, too smart for his school, and too rebellious for his parents. Running away to rural Wisconsin, Rico discovers how to value himself in addition to the family and culture he left behind. Set in the 1960s, Hijuelos's first-person narrative is funny, painful, and tender.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

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