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mexican whiteboy wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 plot 2 reception 3 controversy 4 awards 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents mexican whiteboy add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia 2008 novel by matt de la peña mexican whiteboy author matt de la peña language english genre young adult fiction publisher delacorte press publication date august 12 2008 isbn 9780440239383 mexican whiteboy is a 2008 novel by matt de la peña published by delacorte press 1 de la peña drew on his own adolescent passion for sports 2 in developing his main character danny a baseball enthusiast the novel which is set in national city california uses spanglish and has a bicultural theme plot edit danny lopez the protagonist is a shy and introverted young teenager from san diego who attends leucadia prep danny is bi ethnic mexican and white he sometimes feels inadequate around both mexican and white people because he is a shade darker than the white kids and pale a full shade lighter than his mexican family members he also does not speak spanish the summer before his junior year he goes to stay with his cousin sofia and uncle tommy in national city while his mom and sister move to san francisco with his mom s new boyfriend throughout the summer danny becomes friends with sofia s friends and the other kids in her neighborhood while hanging with sofia s crew danny meets uno a biracial kid from the neighborhood uno is black and mexican and struggles with some of the same identity issues as danny while playing a stickball derby in the neighborhood danny joins and proceeds to beat them at their own game while playing danny sees a baseball scout he saw at leucadia prep during baseball try outs on the last hit danny accidentally hits uno s mentally disabled little brother manny in the face combining this with the fact that uno was already losing the game he becomes very upset leading him to punch danny knocking him down danny hits his head on the concrete and requires stitches a couple weeks later uno watches danny practicing his pitching at a run down field nearby he joins danny eventually apologizing uno tells danny that his dad invites him to come live with him and his wife and daughter in oxnard he just needs uno to make 500 first uno devises a plan to where he and danny can hustle some baseball players for money they decide to hustle some local baseball player from san diego high schools by challenging the hitters to get a hit off danny s pitching the first time they try this hustle danny gets nervous and chokes losing uno s money danny gets a phone call from his mother in san francisco who tells him about the superficial beauty of the city and how she and julia his sister are enjoying themselves with randy his mom s boyfriend after some time his mother begins to cry to him about how she feels lonely in san francisco and misses danny and their home in leucadia she shares that randy is going to send him two tickets to the san diego padres game and she will get him at the end of the week at the game danny and uno call for hot dog but danny recognizes the hot dog slinger the slinger slowly backs away while danny then tells uno he ll be back with hot dogs as he pursues the hot dog slinger they end up in a back room where danny asks why a baseball scout would be a hot dog concessions worker the guy explains that he works there and is not a baseball scout he shares with danny that his dad saved his life while they were in prison together and told him to keep an eye on danny danny is completely shocked by this revelation once he gets back home he begins cutting himself in the bathroom sofia yells for him to open the door as he tries to clean himself up when he finally does she sees the bloodied cut and bathroom sink she consoles him telling him it is not his fault his dad is in prison before danny goes back home he and uno attempt one last hustle this time at leucadia prep against kyle sorenson one of the best baseball players danny knows while there kyle s teammates throw different racial slurs at uno raising tension between the two sides danny throws his best pitches but after several foul balls kyle hits the ball into right field uno challenges them to double or nothing and kyle hits a home run following the tension between both sides one of kyle s teammates hits uno danny rushes him and punches him twice the entire group gets in a scuffle and someone grabs danny danny tries to fight him only for kyle to stop him kyle praises danny s pitching then tells the two to leave sofia throws a farewell dinner for danny and the group reflects on their summer sofia reveals she will be staying at danny s house to improve her chances of going to college uno takes danny back to the train tracks uno offers to take danny to the prison where his dad is the two stay at the train tracks and watch the sun rise reception edit a new york times reviewer described de la peña s characterization of danny as remarkably human and his treatment of the themes of self discovery as never corny sentimental or sappy citation needed the novel s use of spanglish sets it apart from other young adult novels making english speaking readers feel like outsiders among the hard edged kids of national city a reviewer for the school library journal noted however with time the reviewer added the characters language starts to feel familiar and warm 3 rohrlick for kliatt was also impressed with de la peña s terrific dialogue and his use of street slang 4 reviewers recommend the novel for mixed race 5 readers the issues of biculturalism in mexican whiteboy and other works were the subject of a conference presentation by the author at the university of arizona s 2010 tucson festival of books 6 controversy edit on january 1 2012 mexican whiteboy was among a number of books banned in tucson as part of an initiative to ban mexican american studies department programs in the tucson unified school district state officials claimed the book contained critical race theory which they deemed as promoting racial resentment 7 some students and their parents sued the authorities claiming that when the tucson unified school district banned the mexican american studies program they were violating their rights under the first and 14th amendments in august 2017 a wallace tashima a federal judge ruled that on both counts the students and parents had their rights violated 8 awards edit 2009 ala yalsa best book for young adults top 10 pick 9 2009 2010 texas tayshas reading list 2011 junior library guild selection 10 2012 lincoln award nominee see also edit portal children s literature references edit de la peña matt 2008 mexican whiteboy 1 ed new york delacorte press isbn 978 0 385 90329 5 oclc 173243702 steinberg david september 14 2008 basketball fanatic didn t discover passion for books and writing until college mcclatchy tribune regional news albuquerque journal albuquerque new mexico the america s intelligence wire retrieved march 9 2011 walton hadlock madeline september 2008 de la pena matt mexican whiteboy school library journal 54 9 177 retrieved march 9 2011 rohrlick paula july 2008 de la pena matt mexican whiteboy kliatt 42 4 11 retrieved march 9 2011 rutan lynn august 1 2008 mexican whiteboy booklist 104 22 american library association 60 retrieved march 9 2011 festival of books offers themed programs for families educators ua news the university of arizona office of university communications march 8 2010 archived from the original on june 29 2010 retrieved march 9 2011 winerip michael march 19 2012 racial lens used to cull curriculum in arizona the new york times retrieved december 4 2017 strauss valerie august 23 2017 arizona s ban on mexican american studies was racist u s court rules washington post retrieved december 4 2017 american library association january 22 2009 2009 top ten best books for young adults young adult library services association yalsa retrieved march 8 2021 mexican whiteboy mattdelapena com retrieved march 9 2011 external links edit reader s guide from random house authority control databases open library retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title mexican_whiteboy oldid 1358814417 categories american young adult novels 2008 american 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