Desde las calles de Stockton hasta las playas de Venice Beach, y hasta la frontera con Mexico, Aqui estuvimos narra el viaje de autodescubrimiento de un nino que intenta perdonarse a si mismo en un mundo implacable.
Cuando sucedio, a Miguel lo enviaron al centro de detencion juvenil. El juez lo sentencio a un ano en una casa hogar para menores; dijo que tenia que escribir en un diario para que algun consejero pudiera tratar de entender su forma de pensar. El juez no tenia idea de que en realidad le habia hecho un favor a Miguel. Desde que sucedio, su madre ni siquiera habia podido mirarlo a la cara. Cualquier hogar que no fuese el suyo seria un lugar mejor para vivir.
Pero Miguel jamas penso que conoceria a Rondell y a Mong, y en todo lo que sucederia cuando huyesen. Solo penso en llegar a la frontera con Mexico, donde podria empezar de nuevo. Olvidar a su mama. Olvidar a su hermano. Olvidarse de si mismo.
Sin embargo, la vida no suele funcionar como uno cree. Y la mayoria de las veces, escapar te lleva de regreso al mismo lugar del que una vez huiste.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Newbery Award-winning author Matt de la Pena’s We Were Here is a fast, funny, smart, and heartbreaking (Booklist) novel repackaged for a new generation of readers. A Vintage Espanol Original.
When it happened, Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge gave him a year in a group home–said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea that he actually did Miguel a favor. Ever since it happened, his mom can’t even look at him in the face. Any home besides his would be a better place to live.
But Miguel didn’t bet on meeting Rondell or Mong or on any of what happened after they broke out. He only thought about Mexico and getting to the border to where he could start over. Forget his mom. Forget his brother. Forget himself.
Life usually doesn’ t work out how you think it will, though. And most of the time, running away is the quickest path right back to what you’re running from.
From the streets of Stockton to the beaches of Venice, all the way to the Mexican border, Aqui estuvimos follows a journey of self-discovery by a boy who is trying to forgive himself in an unforgiving world.
