Author of:
Ball Don't Lie
Mexican WhiteBoy
We Were Here (October 2009)
Latest News:
*June 24: Junior Library Guild has just made We
Were Here a premium JLG pick!!
*June 15: We Were Here nominated for the Best
Books for Young Adults 2010 list!!
*Mexican WhiteBoy one of three books chosen for
ALL THREE NY Public Library summer reading
lists!!
*Ball Don't Lie and Mexican WhiteBoy selected to
be part of their 2009 back to school promotion!
*To see Ball Don't Lie Trailer posted on MTV.com
-- click here.
*Star of Ball Don't Lie, "The Professor" makes a
crazy shot: click her to see on youtube.
*Ball Don't Lie the movie has a new website:
balldontliemovie.com
*Ball Don't Lie the movie set to be released in
limited theaters this September. The film has also
teamed with Amazon and IMDB as first VOD
release.
*Mexican WhiteBoy named to the 2008 Bulletin of
the Centerfor Children's Books Blue Ribbon List!
*Mexican WhiteBoy included in 2009 Notable
Books for a Global Society list!
*Mexican WhiteBoy chosen as a YALSA-ALA Top
Ten Book of the year!
*Named to 2009 Top Ten New Latino Authors to
Watch (and Read) by Latinostories.com.
*November 20: Mexican WhiteBoy makes 2009-
2010 Texas TAYSHAS Reading list!
*October 13: New review in Multicultural Review
here.
*October 13: New review from The Bulletin of the
Center for Children's Books here.
*October 10: New review from VOYA here.
* September 13: Ball Don't Lie (the movie) will be
screening Saturday night, September 13 in NY as
part of a the Urbanworld Film Festival. Click here
for details and ticket information!
* August 24: Junior Library Guild made Mexican
WhiteBoy a premium JLG pick.
* August 20: Mexican WhiteBoy nominated for ALA-
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
* August 20: Mexican WhiteBoy nominated for ALA-
YALSA Quick Pick for reluctant readers.
* August 12: Mexican WhiteBoy released in
bookstores.
Ball Don't Lie
Mexican WhiteBoy
We Were Here (October 2009)
Latest News:
*June 24: Junior Library Guild has just made We
Were Here a premium JLG pick!!
*June 15: We Were Here nominated for the Best
Books for Young Adults 2010 list!!
*Mexican WhiteBoy one of three books chosen for
ALL THREE NY Public Library summer reading
lists!!
*Ball Don't Lie and Mexican WhiteBoy selected to
be part of their 2009 back to school promotion!
*To see Ball Don't Lie Trailer posted on MTV.com
-- click here.
*Star of Ball Don't Lie, "The Professor" makes a
crazy shot: click her to see on youtube.
*Ball Don't Lie the movie has a new website:
balldontliemovie.com
*Ball Don't Lie the movie set to be released in
limited theaters this September. The film has also
teamed with Amazon and IMDB as first VOD
release.
*Mexican WhiteBoy named to the 2008 Bulletin of
the Centerfor Children's Books Blue Ribbon List!
*Mexican WhiteBoy included in 2009 Notable
Books for a Global Society list!
*Mexican WhiteBoy chosen as a YALSA-ALA Top
Ten Book of the year!
*Named to 2009 Top Ten New Latino Authors to
Watch (and Read) by Latinostories.com.
*November 20: Mexican WhiteBoy makes 2009-
2010 Texas TAYSHAS Reading list!
*October 13: New review in Multicultural Review
here.
*October 13: New review from The Bulletin of the
Center for Children's Books here.
*October 10: New review from VOYA here.
* September 13: Ball Don't Lie (the movie) will be
screening Saturday night, September 13 in NY as
part of a the Urbanworld Film Festival. Click here
for details and ticket information!
* August 24: Junior Library Guild made Mexican
WhiteBoy a premium JLG pick.
* August 20: Mexican WhiteBoy nominated for ALA-
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
* August 20: Mexican WhiteBoy nominated for ALA-
YALSA Quick Pick for reluctant readers.
* August 12: Mexican WhiteBoy released in
bookstores.
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Central Washington
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-Visiting Lawrence Academy High School
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-NCTE
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-Visiting Apollo High School morning
-Visiting Maryvale High School afternoon
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-Visiting Paradise Valley High School morning
-Visiting Pinnacle Peak High School afternoon
-7pm at Barnes & Noble (21001 N. Tatum Blvd)
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-Visiting Grossman High School all day
-4pm at Yellow Book Road (7200 Parkway Drive)
September 23: San Diego CA
TBA
October 22: La Costa Canyon High School
October 22: San Diego State University
-Reading at SDSU as part of Hugh C Hyde Living
Writers Series (7pm Room LL430 of SDSU library)
November 15: Houston TX
-Re(a)d, White, and Books
Spring Book Festival
November 20 - 24: San Antonio, TX
NCTE and ALAN Workshop
-Nov 21, 12:30 - 1:45 Panel:
"The Realities of Facing Tough Choices"
-Nov 24, 1:30 - 2:30 Panel:
"Sports Stories = Life Stories"
January 21, 22 and 23: Northglen, CO
-Visiting various schools and libraries in the
Rangeview Library District
February 12: NY
-Visiting Bridges Detention Facility
-Donating box of books to kids there
March 25: Carrizo Springs TX
-Visiting Carrizo Springs High, near the border
March 26: San Antonio, TX
-Visiting Lee High School
March 27: San Antonio, TX
-Visiting Marshall High and O'Conner High
April 3: Rochester NY
- Visiting high school
April 4th: Rochester NY
-TBF Live! Fourth Annual Greater Rochester Teen
Book Festival
May 4: Los Angeles, CA
-Hollywood High
-Cleveland High
May 5: Los Angeles, CA
-Venice High (Sticky's high school!)
May 6: Orange County, CA
-Continuation high school
May 7: Los Angeles, CA
-North Hollywood High
-Locke High in Watts
May 8: Los Angeles, CA
-Marshal High
-Bernstein High
May 11: Los Angeles, CA
-Palisades High
May 15: New York KGB Bar:
-Reading and Writing Intensive
(three authors talk about their experience of
having a novel turned into a feature film)
May 21: New York Random House:
- Featured Speaker at Random House's Librarian
Preview
May 28: Brooklyn, NY
-Brooklyn Book Festival Author Mingle
May 29: New York:
- Association of American Publishers featured
author
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-BEA Author Speed Dating