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Dreaming of finding respect, Manuel Hernandez faces a difficult, tension-filled year as he prepares for his test of courage, which will mark his initiation into a gang, in a story of a young Chicano boy's coming-of-age experiences in California.

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"A brilliant, witty memoir of a Mexican-American adolescence."-- "U.S. News & Report""A rare and consummately believable portrait of barrio life."-- "Publishers Weekly" (Starred review)
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Victor Martinez was born and raised in Fresno, California, the fourth in a family of twelve children. He attended California State University at Fresno and Stanford University, and has worked as a field laborer, welder, truck driver, firefighter, teacher, and office clerk. His poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies. Mr. Martinez was awarded the 1996 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Parrot in the Oven, his first novel. He now makes his home in San Francisco, California.

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  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 0060267062
  • ISBN 13 9780060267063
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages216
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