Downtown Boy

By:
Juan Felipe Herrera
Boy in a 1950s backdrop

"In 1950s California, 10-year-old Juanito is tired of moving with his migrant-worker parents and staying in relatives' homes in San Francisco's Mission District. He aches for his often-absent father. Finally, Papi returns, and home becomes San Diego, where Juanito settles into a deeper sense of place and faces family secrets and hardship." — Booklist

Special Populations: Migrant Farmworkers
Culture/Community: Mexican / Mexican American
Heritage & History: Hispanic Heritage and History
Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Coming of Age, Urban Stories
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Format: Novel in Verse
Audiobook: No
Age Level: Middle Grade
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Tags: California
Book Series: Coming of Age: Big Changes, Family Stories for Middle Grades and Young Adults: Hispanic Heritage, Novels in Verse: Hispanic Heritage, Migrant Farmworkers: Books for Middle Grades and Young Adults, Stories Told in Letters and Verse, Personal Stories for Middle Grades: Hispanic Heritage
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