The Jumping Tree.

Saldana, Rene

ISBN 10: 0385327250 / ISBN 13: 9780385327251

Published by New York: Delacorte Press, 2001, 2001

About this Item

Hb. VG+/VG+. 1st. 181pp. Light wear, DJ: wear extremities, rubbing.

Seller Inventory # 105133

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jumping Tree.
• Publisher: New York: Delacorte Press, 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385327250
• ISBN 13: 9780385327251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: F.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

René Saldaña, Jr, is a former middle school and high school English teacher. He is now in the doctoral program in creative writing at Georgia State University. This is his first novel.