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Available
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Publication
Delacorte Press (2009), Edition: Reprint, 304 pages
Description
Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2010)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2009)
Colorado Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2008)
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Winner — 2008)
CYBILS Awards (Finalist — Young Adult Fiction — 2007)
James Cook Teen Book Award (Honor Book — 2009)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2008)
CCBC Choices (2008)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2007
Physical description
304 p.; 8 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member cfogerty
This is a timely story of immigrants' lives in the US.
LibraryThing member jenzbookshelf
Red Glass is a coming of age story following Campbell's hero's journey. I love books about healing and awakening and I'm fascinated with Mayan culture, unfortunately the main characters simply didn't come to life for me. While I realize this a young adult book, there was still too much teenage
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angst for me enjoy it. Resau tried too hard to put in the sexual tension and emergence of adolescence without getting too graphic. So while I think a younger teen would connect more with Sophie's fear and lack of confidence, I don't think it's completely appropriate for 12-14 year olds. I really enjoyed Resau's What The Moon Saw, but Red Glass just didn't reach me the same way. It was okay, but not superb. Show Less
LibraryThing member mamzel
Good story of an odd group of people (Sophie, her great aunt Dika, Mr. Lorenzo, and his son Angel) bringing an orphaned Mexican boy back to his home town. Mr. Lorenzo and Angel continue on to their home in Guatemala to look for their wife/mother leaving Sophie and Dika to become acquainted with the
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folks in Pablo's village. Sophie learns that Angel was attacked and their passports were stolen. She makes her way south to them with photocopies so they can return to the U.S. by means of buses and hitchhiking (and amazingly never runs into trouble). Interesting look at illegal immigrants sneaking into U.S. Show Less
LibraryThing member VandyGirl
“Red Glass” is a story about Sophie and her unique family, which includes her mom, step-dad (a Mexican immigrant who helps others cross the border), her Aunt Dika (a Bosnian war refugee), and Pablo (a 6-year-old Mexican boy found wandering in the desert). Sophie takes a trip to visit Pablo’s
This is an amazing coming-of-age story with a diverse cast of characters and landscapes. Sophie’s journey is exciting, funny, scary, and touching in perfectly balanced amounts. It is extremely excellently written and well paced, not to mention difficult to put down. Highly recommended for grades 8 – 12.
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family in rural Mexico with her Aunt Dika, her Guatemalan boyfriend, and his son Angel. Sophie grows and matures during this journey learning the true meanings of family and love as well as learning just how strong she really is.This is an amazing coming-of-age story with a diverse cast of characters and landscapes. Sophie’s journey is exciting, funny, scary, and touching in perfectly balanced amounts. It is extremely excellently written and well paced, not to mention difficult to put down. Highly recommended for grades 8 – 12.
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LibraryThing member tsisler
This book is very well written and well performed. The characters are well detailed. Their transformations develop from their interactions with one another and their experiences on their journey. As their pasts are revealed, their individualities are clarified. They take these pasts with them as
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they encounter the future. Overall a great novel revealing human complexities in its simple writing. The cultural aspects are very enjoyable and enlightening. Show Less
LibraryThing member mcorbink
This was an excellent book. The characters were varied and unlikely companions, the story deep and rich. It touches on many difficult subjects, loss, illegal immigration, war ravaged towns, and relationships. A well written novel.
LibraryThing member lindap69
Sophie moves from fearful of everything in life to a person courageous and daring while Resau covers the plight of illegal immigrants, genocide in Guatemala and gems of philosophical insight throughout.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Simply beautiful novel about love, courage and discovering what one is capable of, plus a dash of magical realism. The Latin American setting is also as essential a character in this romance as the main players.
LibraryThing member DeltaQueen50
Red Glass by Laura Resau is a YA coming of age book that both enchants and enthralls. The story is about a journey of transformation that a small group of people make deep into Mexico and some even further into Guatemala. Sophie, the main character, is an American girl who is timid and weak, she is
The story is almost like a morality tale. Goodness and light seem to follow Sophie and her friends and although some horrific things do happen over the course of the book, in all cases, a life lesson is learned and someone is turned down the right path. The book is very informative about food, customs and the people of Mexico and if it seems as if we are looking through rose colored glasses it was nice to read good things about poor people in a developing country.
I found Red Glass to be a rich, poetic read and a wonderful way to widen a young reader’s worldview.
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germ phobic and afraid of most everything. She is accompanied by her great-aunt, Dika. Dika is a survivor from Bosnia. Also along are Dika’s boyfriend Mr. Lorenzo and his son, Angel. The purpose of their trip is to take Pablo, a refugee that has been living with Sophie’s family back to his relatives in Mexico. Sophie is hoping that Pablo decides to return to the States with her as she considers him her little brother. Mr. Lorenzo and Angel intend to journey back into Guatemala in order to recover some jewels that Mrs. Lorenzo buried. Angel is also hoping to find out exactly what happened to his Mother. The story is almost like a morality tale. Goodness and light seem to follow Sophie and her friends and although some horrific things do happen over the course of the book, in all cases, a life lesson is learned and someone is turned down the right path. The book is very informative about food, customs and the people of Mexico and if it seems as if we are looking through rose colored glasses it was nice to read good things about poor people in a developing country.
I found Red Glass to be a rich, poetic read and a wonderful way to widen a young reader’s worldview.
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