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Rites A Guatemalan Boyhood

by Victor Perera

Age band: 13+

Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.

Description

Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. Jewish Studies. RITES is Perera's powerful portrait of growing up as a Jewish boy in the exotic and violent world of Guatamala in the forties. "Victor Perera is one of those rare writers who need never suffer the uncertainties of translation, for besides his fluency in both English and Spanish, he has both a Latin American and a North American sensibility.