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A review by emilym88
Finding Our Way by René Saldaña Jr.
4.0
This was a hard book to rate, considering it's made up of a bunch of short stories--some of which I loved, and some of which I didn't like as much.
The stories that I loved made me feel a lot of emotion, more than I usually feel when reading only a short story. After reading some of them, I just had to stop to reflect for a little bit. The characters were really real and vivid, and I felt like I understood some of the teenagers' irrational actions. I also really liked the mix of English and Spanish. I have read very little Latin American fiction.
I thought the collection was appropriately titled, since each character is in the process of trying to grow up and figure out who they are. I would classify this collection as realistic fiction/short stories. I think that some teenagers would identify with the characters, but I'm not sure how many teenagers would find the book interesting as a whole.
The stories that I loved made me feel a lot of emotion, more than I usually feel when reading only a short story. After reading some of them, I just had to stop to reflect for a little bit. The characters were really real and vivid, and I felt like I understood some of the teenagers' irrational actions. I also really liked the mix of English and Spanish. I have read very little Latin American fiction.
I thought the collection was appropriately titled, since each character is in the process of trying to grow up and figure out who they are. I would classify this collection as realistic fiction/short stories. I think that some teenagers would identify with the characters, but I'm not sure how many teenagers would find the book interesting as a whole.