Cover Image

Dark Dude /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hijuelos, Oscar
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Self-perception > Fiction.
Coming of age > Fiction.
Cuban Americans > Fiction.
Wisconsin > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Self-perception > Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Cuban Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Wisconsin > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Online Access:Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Sample text
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:439 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781416948049
141694804X