Recommended by JenniferFIC Diaz
Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for this book that tells the tale of a young Dominican boy and his family living in Paterson, NJ during the 1980s-1990s. Oscar is an intelligent, but unpopular, quirky kid who struggles through adolescence and the brief years of adulthood to be accepted for who he is and find love. Parts of the story are narrated by Oscar's sister's boyfriend, Yunior, who has a less sympathetic heart than other characters. Diaz does a beautiful job of creating a seamless chronology of Oscar's life from the perspectives of several characters. The book is written in Spanglish, and may be quite a challenge for some readers. It is tragic and triumphant, heart-warming and heart-breaking.
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