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Bezig met laden... The Flowersdoor Dagoberto Gilb
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Sonny Bravo is a tender, unusually smart fifteen-year-old who is living with his vivacious mother in a large city where intense prejudice is not just white against black, but also brown. When his mother, Silvia, suddenly marries an Okie building contractor named Cloyd Longpre, they are uprooted to a small apartment building, Los Flores. As Sonny sweeps its sidewalks, he meets his neighbors and becomes ensnared in their lives. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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This is a very well written story that deals with the issues of being first and second generation American of Latino descent and feeling not quite one thing, not quite the other, not sure which you even want to be, yet life goes on.
If you, like me, enjoy the magical realism of many Latino books, there isn't any here. I didn't take stars off because of what this book isn't, but I did wish he'd used some of it, because I did want something magical to happen for Sonny.
The writing is well done, and the use of both Spanish and English in the dialogue helps flesh out the characters and story. Don't let the sprinkling of Spanish words scare you, the context clues explain them very well. The device just keeps the themes in the forfront of the story.
The book isn't action packed, which makes the end seem to come up out of no where, and I personally left it thinking "what on earth is he going to do now?" Most of the characters are very well drawn and rounded, especially the Latino characters, but the Anglos come across more stereotypical an unlikeable, always wanting something from the Latinos in the story and not quite treating them like human beings.
Again, this is very well written, and I enjoyed it. Some of the scenes (there are no chapter breaks, only scene breaks) are beautifully written, to the extent I may add one or more to my American Dreams unit with my students. The book did have some draw backs, manly in the characterization of the Anglos, and the ending that felt really unresolved. Otherwise a good book. ( )