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I read it first before giving it to my teen and subsequently encouraged her to turn her friends on to it. She was hesitant saying, "Mom, they don't read books." Well, she did and they been passing this book around ever since. Now we've read all the books this author has written.


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Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood Benjamin Alire Saenz Books Reviews

Interesting prose style; slower paced, yet intriguing.
This book is handsdown one of the best YA books I've read in ages. I am a writer and it made me want to write and write and write. I adored Sammy's voice--increasingly cynical, but with a leading edge of hope. Saenz is brilliant. Read. This. Book.
Such an amazing novel. So well written, deep yet still light, despite the heavy themes. And while it particularly shines a light on Mexican American culture, I think any rebellious teen -- current or former -- can find something to relate to in this story.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful book. The poetic prose in which it's written alongside the tragic yet realistic narrative make it so this book is one that haunts you. It's the type of book you can read again and again, and with each read you can pick up different things about different characters.
I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but I have a problem. I ordered this audible book before but received the text. Will I be able to return it for credit or refund? How do I do It without paying shipping charges? The same thing happened with "The Litigators". I'm losing my eyesight so I really enjoy the audio books. I especially love Benjamin Saenz.
This is a book I highly recommend. I got it in the mail on Sat and finished it by the next day.
It can be at times very depressing to read, in that Catcher in the Rye type of way. The difference is that Sammy isn't born into a life of priveledge, and his obstacles extend beyond his own wonderings. His immediate world is filled with economic and social hardship.
Sammy goes through so much that you can't even imagine what else could possibly happen, but you want to be there with him when it does. It is very honest, vivid and well-written.
In 1968, during the summer preceding his senior year at Las Cruces High School in southern New Mexico, seventeen-year-old Sammy Santos hooks up with Juliana Rios. The powerful and achingly tragic story Sammy recounts of Juliana and that summer is but a mere preface in this stunning ode to growing up in the barrio--a neighborhood that some joker has named Hollywood. I alternately laughed, cheered, and cried as Sammy and his Hollywood friends encounter the prejudices, the Church, the hormones, the War, the drugs, the violence, the music, the aspirations, and the dress code, while making their way through that year both inside and outside of the barrio. If I had to choose a single "top" book from the 200+ new books for teens that I've read in 2004, SAMMY & JULIANA IN HOLLYWOOD would be the one.
I read it first before giving it to my teen and subsequently encouraged her to turn her friends on to it. She was hesitant saying, "Mom, they don't read books." Well, she did and they been passing this book around ever since. Now we've read all the books this author has written.