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Crashboomlove: A Novel in Verse
Crashboomlove A Novel in Verse
Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
In this novel in verse, unprecedented in Chicano literature, renowned poet Juan Felipe Herrera illuminates the soul of a generation. Drawn from his own life as well as a lifetime of dedication to young people, CrashBoomLove helps readers understand what it is to be a teen, a migrant worker, and a boy wanting to be a boy. Sixteen-year-old Cesar ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780826321138
ISBN-10: 0826321135
Publication Date: 10/1999
Pages: 155
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I feel kind of bad rating this only one star because it may not be all that bad. I only got a few pages in before I gave up though so I can't really honestly give it even two stars.
I'm somewhat picky when I read books written in verse so maybe that's my main problem here. It irked me a little with the Spanish words too. Obviously, some foreign words will add to a story like this and admittedly, they were all defined at the bottom, even the words that just about anyone would know. There were so many of them. So, so many and I was only a few pages in. It interrupted the story for me and it would have been better to have toned that part down.
The verses just didn't seem to flow for me. I found this at the library the other day while browsing the oh-so-small YA section and I really like the cover. Actually, for me, the cover is the best part of the book.


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