Home - Jenny Torres Sanchez. author website. Home. About. Books. We Are Not From Here. The Fall of Innocence. Because of the Sun. Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia. Jenny Torres Sanchez’s most popular book is We Are Not From Here. Jenny Torres Sanchez has 12 books on Goodreads with ratings. Jenny Torres Sanchez’s most popular book is We Are Not From Here. By the Water by. Jenny Torres Sanchez (Goodreads Author) did not like it avg rating — 1 rating. Want to Read saving. With poignant, exhausting lyricism and heart wrenching poetic prose, Jenny Torres Sanchez digs deep and shows us the throbbing, aching corazón—the hopeful, unbreakable spirit of the embattled immigrant.
OUR TWO CENTS: In We Are Not from Here () Jenny Torres Sanchez tells the story of three Guatemalan teenagers Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña who, despite their loving families, are surrounded by danger in their pueblo, Puerto Barrios. The narrative voice switches between Pulga and Pequeña. At the beginning of the novel, Pequeña is about to give birth while also experiencing extreme rancor. Jenny Torres Sanchez, Author. Philomel Books, Fiction, Suitable for ages: Awards: A Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor Book and a School Library Journal Best Book of Themes: Child Refugees, Immigration, Guatemala, Journey, Courage, Hope, Resilience. Book Jacket Synopsis: Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Jenny Torres Sanchez (www.doorway.ru) is a full-time writer and former English teacher. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived on the border of two worlds her whole life. She is the author of We Are Not From Here ; The Fall of Innocence ; Because of the Sun ; Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia.
“The Fall of Innocence,” the most recent young adult novel by Jenny Torres Sanchez ’00, has been awarded a Kirkus Star. Books that receive a Star from Kirkus Review are then eligible for one of the richest literary awards in the world, the Kirkus Prize. finalists will be announced on September 25 and the winners of each category (Fiction, Nonfiction and Young Readers’ Literature. by Jenny Torres Sanchez. Charlie Grisner is an ex-fat kid with a complicated story, and the universe is never on his side. When he returns home from fat camp at the end of the summer, he finds that his mother has run away—again. His father won’t discuss it and Charlie begins another school year with bottled guilt. By the Water. by. Jenny Torres Sanchez (Goodreads Author) it was amazing · Rating details · 1 rating · 0 reviews. The book follows sisters Lola and Rosie in the wake of a car accident that landed them at the bottom of a lake, as they struggle to find a new relationship amid brain damage and the lingering fear that the accident wasn't an accident at all.
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