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Casi alcanzar todo (Barely Missing Everything)

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Full Title:

Casi alcanzar todo (Barely Missing Everything)

Contributors:

By (Author) Matt Mendez
Translated by Juan Tovar

ISBN:

9781534461550

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Imprint:

Atheneum

Publication Date:

1st March 2020

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Young Adult

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

FIC

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 18mm

Weight:

261g

Description

Now available in Spanish!

There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape. Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down

In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Pea, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when youyour life, brown livesdont matter.

Juan tiene grandes planes.

Va a ser el muchacho de El Paso que sali adelante, va a conseguir esa beca de basquetbol para ir a la universidad y va hacer algo de su vida algo mejor que la sarta de novios nefastos de Fabi, su mam. Slo necesita hacerlo realidad.

El mejor amigo de Juan, JD, tambin tiene planes.

Algn da va a ser cineasta, como Tarantino o Del Toro (no Spielberg). Tiene una cmara y tiene pasin. Qu ms se necesita

Fabi ya no tiene planes.

Cuando te embarazas a los diecisis, descubres que los planes no siempre salen y que hay algunas cosas que no puedes anticipar

Como un altercado con la polica. Como la implosin de tu familia. Como un pasado que regresa a perseguirte. Como el temor de que t, tu hijo y todos los que amas no van a alcanzar todono van a alcanzar nada.

Author Bio

Like his characters, Matt Mendez grew up in central El Paso, Texas. He received an MFA from the University of Arizona and is the author of the short story collectionTwitching Heartand young adult novelsBarely Missing EverythingandThe Broke Hearts. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. You can visit him at MattMendez.com.

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