This is a realistic fiction book that can relate to child readers who are experiencing the same situation. Story is not real but about a Half-Mexican boy named Danny. Mom is white and dad is full Mexican and got deported. He struggles to find his identity in a white private school. The complexities for inner city teens like himself.Danny doesn’t have close relations. Father is in prison and mother moved in with new boyfriend. Danny begins new relationships with his father’s family by living with them. He feels out of place immediately. He can’t speak Spanish but his family can. Danny himself is an immigrant and his father was an illegal immigrant who got deported. Danny’s family are also filled with immigrants so you can see Danny being half-Mexican he tries to fit in with the white kids and his Spanish speaking family. This book shows the problems that some multicultural kids face. This particular character is caught between two cultures. He has a mixed racial background and other audiences can relate to his feelings and not belonging. A, M. (2008). Mexican whiteboy. New York: Delacorte Press. This is a moving and captivating novel that will resonate with a lot of teens. Teens who come from mixed racial or ethnic backgrounds will find it easy to relate to Danny and his feelings of not belonging in either world. There is some gritty material, including swearing, drug use, sex talk, and violence but this is what makes this novel so real. If you can through swearing and fistfights and make it to the end, then you’ll see why this novel should be read by young adults.
i think this book is relevant to kids who grow up with out a father
—lili
I liked the writing and the story, but it just isn't my thing.
—mimmzo
Great book, highly suggested
—Limkiki
Mexican WhiteBoy
—Jcbarbre
