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The Jumping Tree
Contributor(s): Saldana, Rene (Author)
ISBN: 0440228816     ISBN-13: 9780440228813
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: December 2002
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: These lively stories follow Rey Castaneda from sixth through eighth grade in Nuevo Penitas, Texas. One side of Rey's family lives nearby in Mexico, the other half in Texas, and Rey fits in on both sides of the border. In Nuevo Penitas, he enjoys fooling around with his pals in the barrio; at school, he's one of the "A list" kids.
As Rey begins to cross the border from childhood into manhood, he turns from jokes and games to sense the meaning of work, love, poverty, and grief, and what it means to be a proud Chicano-moments that sometimes propel him to show feelings un hombre should never express. It's a new territory where Rey longs to follow the example his hardworking, loving father has set for him.

"From the Hardcover edition.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 770
Series: Laurel-Leaf Books
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.18" W x 6.86" (0.21 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Chicano
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - South
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 51864
Reading Level: 5.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:
These lively stories follow Rey Castaneda from sixth through eighth grade in Nuevo Penitas, Texas. One side of Rey's family lives nearby in Mexico, the other half in Texas, and Rey fits in on both sides of the border. In Nuevo Penitas, he enjoys fooling around with his pals in the barrio; at school, he's one of the "A list" kids.

As Rey begins to cross the border from childhood into manhood, he turns from jokes and games to sense the meaning of work, love, poverty, and grief, and what it means to be a proud Chicano-moments that sometimes propel him to show feelings un hombre should never express. It's a new territory where Rey longs to follow the example his hardworking, loving father has set for him.