Twelve-year-old Anita has always had a happy life, living with her extended family in the Dominican Republic. Her middle class family live a life that few in her country can afford, with household servants and private schools for their children. And always, they are surrounded by portraits of “El Jefe,” whom Anita has always thought …read more…
Posts tagged with: loss
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Published on: 22 May 2011 by Ken
Categorized under: Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Intermediate Literature, Latino, Multicultural Literature, YA Literature • Tagged with: adolescence, Alicia Partnoy, assimilation, boyfriends, culture, diaries, Dominican Republic, ENGL 5830, food, girlfriends, immigration, initiation, John Beverley, loss, murder, parents, puberty, revolution, silence, Silvio Sirias, testimonio, war, war crimes
The Savage by David Almond
Blue Baker is just like any other kid who recently lost his father. Except that Blue is writing a story about a savage who lives in Burgess Woods, a savage who doesn’t speak but only communicates through grunts and growls. Blue’s savage terrorizes people like Hopper, who lives to terrorize people like Blue. Despite what …read more…
Published on: 31 March 2011 by Ken
Categorized under: Book Review, Books for Guys, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Graphic Novel/Story, Intermediate Literature • Tagged with: bereavement, bullying, death, fathers, loss, love, metaphor, muteness, savage, school, school counselors, sons, writing
