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In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. In the 1960s, Rico, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for Wisconsin, only to discover violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.
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4 editions · 2 languages- Audiobook · English · 2009Blackstone Pub · 9781433289644
- Other · English · 2025Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing · 448 pages · 9781665990998
- Other · English · 2009Simon & Schuster, Limited · 9781416994756
- Other · Spanish · 2008Everest · 430 pages · 9788444143163
Cuban AmericansLiteratura cubanaSelf-perceptionCuban literatureJuvenile fictionTeenagersCubano-americanosHistoria