

An edition of Dark Dude (2008)
By Oscar Hijuelos
Publish Date
2025
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Language
eng
Pages
439
Description:
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. In the 1960s, Rico, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for Wisconsin, only to discover violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.
subjects: Cuban Americans, Literatura cubana, Self-perception, Cuban literature, Juvenile fiction, Teenagers, Cubano-americanos, Historia, Ficción juvenil, Literatura cubanoamericana, Autopercepción, Adolescentes, Spanish language materials, Cuban American literature (Spanish), History, Children's fiction, Adolescence, fiction, Self-perception, fiction, Cuban americans, fiction, Harlem (new york, n.y.), fiction, Wisconsin, fiction
Places: Wisconsin
Times: Siglo XXI, 20th century, Siglo XX, 21st century