He Forgot to Say Goodbye

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He Forgot to Say Goodbye

"I mean, it's not as if I want a father. I have a father. It's just that I don't know who he is or where he is. But I have one."

Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove don't appear to have much in common. Ram lives in the Mexican-American working-class barrio of El Paso called "Dizzy Land." His brother is sinking into a world of drugs, wreaking havoc in their household. Jake is a rich West Side white boy who has developed a problem managing his anger. An only child, he is a misfit in his mother's shallow and materialistic world. But Ram and Jake do have one thing in common: They are lost boys who have never met their fathers. This sad fact has left both of them undeniably scarred and obsessed with the men who abandoned them. As Jake and Ram overcome their suspicions of each other, they begin to move away from their loner existences and realize that they are capable of reaching out beyond their wounds and the neighborhoods that they grew up in. Their friendship becomes a healing in a world of hurt.

San Antonio Express-News wrote, "Benjamin Alire SÃ¡enz exquisitely captures the mood and voice of a community, a culture, and a generation"; that is proven again in this beautifully crafted novel.

Country	USA
Author	Benjamin Alire Saenz
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781416974949
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2008-06-17
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ReleaseDate	2008-06-17
Studio	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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