Mexican Whiteboy
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780385903295
Pages
249 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
680L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Single parent; Incarceration; Language barrier; Biracial; single mother; incarcerated father; father in prison; communication barrier; different languages; mixed race; biracial teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx (Mexican American) / White
Family Formation
single mother
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2008, Finalist, Young Adult Novels
Cybils Awards, 2011, Nominee, Fiction Young Adult
Keywords
identity; self-acceptance; fathers and sons; baseball; cousins; summer; friendship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
de la Peña, Matt, "Mexican Whiteboy" (2008). Diverse Families. 603.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/603