SAENZ, Benjamin Alire. Maudlin. At times laugh out loud funny, at times wipe the tears away sad, but always tender, endearing, moving and insightful, this is one of the best YA books I've ever read, if not THE best. When they arrive, and finally meet her, they don't get what they expect. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles. Sammy, an introverted and pensive teenager lives in the Hollywood barrio in New Mexico with his father and little sister. Perfection. No one, no one had ever told me that love was another name for exile." I thought that I experienced heartbreak, I thought that I experienced real-life discrimination, I thought that I lost my family and friends. 2004. Welcome back. “Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, is about the beautiful underbelly of humanity, love, and family that survives under such heavy constructs such as prejudice, poverty, and loss. In the summer before his senior year, Sammy falls in love with the beautiful, independent, and intensely vulnerable Juliana. The novel “Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood” is definitely a novel I can say put me on a roller coaster of emotions and never let me get off. One of those I've read was marketed as adult fiction, and the other four as YA. ‎The “Hollywood” where Sammy Santos and Juliana Ríos live is not the West Coast one, the one with all the glitz and glitter. Originally Lana Keyes, Sammy's mother is now Dominique. Read by Robert Ramirez. Discover Like Books, Created by Teaching Latin America through Literature, Created by Books On Tape® / Listening Library. I loved Sammy and all the characters in the story. Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood. MY TWO CENTS: Sáenz creates strong main and supporting characters long remembered after finishing the novel. (FROM MY BLOG) Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Mexican-American novelist, poet, and author of books for young children. In Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Benjamin Alire Sáenz captures the essence of what it meant to grow up Chicano in Smalltown America in the late 1960s. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. ISBN 978-1-4169-4963-3. But the writing! Friday, February 20, 2009. It's a great portrayal of a group of Hispanic teenagers living in a barrio in New Mexico in the 1960s. Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood (2004), through Chapter 11 (p. 137). America is at war, Hollywood is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small town America, and Sammy and Juliana, about to head into their senior year, are in love. I found myself highlighting this book a lot more than I usually do. He is best known to the general public as a writer of Young Adult fiction. My friends who speak Spanish laugh at Spanish students "proper" Spanish). Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood is the story of one teenage boy’s comingof-age, but at the same time, it’s so much more than that. This Hollywood is a tough barrio at the edge of a small town in southern New Mexico. It's a YA novel about regret. Juliana is his friend, the girl he loves and the girl he wants to save. I don't really know what to say about this book. Let me know what you thought of it or if you are interested in reading it. I really enjoyed it. As for the look at how gay people were treated, I don't think many. The "Hollywood" where Sammy Santos and Juliana Rios live is not the West Coast one, the one with all the glitz and glitter. My friends who speak Spanish laugh at Spanish students "proper" Spanish). This coming of age story captures the essence of growing up as Mexican-American teenager in the 1960’s and conveys the reality of dealing with issues such as sex, violence, drugs, racism, discrimination, sexuality, religion and death. Saenz has created such authentic, symp. Sammy lives in a … I am happy I gavel this another change because when I initially started it I felt it was a bot boring and almost decided to drop it. It's also about love in friendship, and discovering that not everyone is perfect, and that in fact, there are rarely people who turn out to be who they seem. I know that, as soon as I read the news of her death, I couldn’t put the book down. This was not an easy read, but the story is very powerful. Probably the only novel I've ever read that has a twist BEGINNING instead of a twist ENDING, with one of the biggest shocks I've ever read in a book coming in the first 50 pages. On the fourth chapter, the narrator already talks about how Juliana dies, because her father murdered her. Being the story of a small barrio in New Mexico, it was a lot different from most of what I've read of late. Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood. That never, ever changes. I found it so interesting to read about views on homophobia and treatment of gay people in that particular place and time. I`m Mexican so I had no problem reading this book at all. This was an incredible listen. But overall, really loved it! Ah! You can read Sammy And Juliana In Hollywood Benjamin Alire Saenz PDF direct on your mobile phones or PC. It's sad, it's very VERY sad, with the tiniest faint glimmers of hope. He finds new friends and discovers new parts of him that lay hidden under years of concealed sentiments. And there really wasn`t a happy ending. Every single character in well thought out and well crafted. El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, ©2004. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood is the class novel we will be reading. This Hollywood is a tough barrio at the edge of a small town in southern New Mexico. Ugh, this book broke my heart a bit. His school is strict and the time period is full of strange twists and. A young-adult novel Latino-style - the year is 1969. $48.00. A young adult novel Latino-style–the year is 1969. Saenz has written a thought-provoking book that tells about the United States during the late 1960's through the eyes of a Mexican-American student. One of my favorite YA authors, but not my favorite book by him. And I haven't even mentioned its piercing treatment of race and prejudice. Emotionally brutal and tragic, yes, but maybe the best novel I've ever read about coming to terms with change, growing up, and the transient nature of life. Sammy is a Chicano teen living in a barrio in New Mexico called Hollywood, the irony... read more, 10 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity