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Pocho / Mexican Whiteboy

by de la Pe

Baseball, belonging, and family ties

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Baseball, belonging, and family ties

Danny has a powerful fastball but struggles to hold onto it on the mound. Off the field, he navigates how others perceive his Mexican heritage and his own uncertainty about his place in the family. A summer with his father’s relatives in Mexico brings baseball, identity, and family relationships together, alongside the possibility of an unexpected friendship. The story’s San Diego and Mexico settings frame Danny’s questions about belonging, while the sport offers a concrete measure of a talent he has yet to trust.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in identity and belonging
  • Readers drawn to stories involving baseball and family relationships
  • Readers interested in Mexican American experiences and cross-border family ties

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Identity and belongingMexican American experienceBaseballFamily relationshipsFriendship

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Book overview

Danny is tall and skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. Ninety-five mile an hour fastball, but the boy's not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound, he loses it. But at his private school, they don't expect much else from him. Danny is brown. Half-Mexican brown. And growing up in San Diego that close to the border means everyone else knows exactly who he is before he even opens his mouth. Before they find out he can't speak Spanish, and before they realize his mom has blond hair and blue eyes, they've got him pegged. But it works the other way too. And Danny's convinced it's his whiteness that sent his father back to Mexico. That's why he's spending the summer with his dad's family. But to find himself, he may just have to face the demons he refuses to see--the demons that are right in front of his face. And open up to a friendship he never saw coming.
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