Crashboomlove: A Novel in Verse

by Juan Felipe Herrera

Book Overview

In this novel in verse--unprecedented in Chicano literature--renowned poet Juan Felipe Herrera illuminates the soul of a generation. Drawn from his own life as well as a lifetime of dedication to young people, CrashBoomLove helps readers understand what it is to be a teen, a migrant worker, and a boy wanting to be a boy. Sixteen-year-old C sar Garc a is careening. His father, Papi C sar, has left the migrant circuit in California for his other wife...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826321143
• ISBN13: 9780826321145
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12