Wow!

By David Pérez

Subjects: Catholic schools, Biography, Fiction, Puerto Ricans

Description: "It's the South Bronx of the 1960's, a neighborhood teetering on change. The young Puerto Rican boy David Pérez is living in the Millbrook housing projects, about to be transferred to St. Luke's Elementary School, where he's already attended catechism and asked if God 'popped out of nowhere.' So begins" writer, editor, journalist, and actor "Pérez's ... 'memoirito, ' a novella-like tale that follows David trying his best to be 'cool' in a neighborhod where being smart in school isn't something to brag about. The first in a series, Wow! adds a fresh chapter to the colorful chronicles of Latinos living in the United States--complex, layered, and lleno de sabor."--