¡Viva Valenzuela!: Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles Classics Carmen Giménez Smith

Carmen Giménez Smith

A powerful and wise story about finding the courage to be yourself

and in unforgettable detail

and for a place to call home—completing the trilogy of memoirs that began with the award-winning Free Lunch

¡Viva Valenzuela!: Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles Classics Carmen Giménez SmithBy Nathalie Alonso, Illustrated by John Parra Meet LA Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the rookie who became a symbol of Mexican American pride and a hero to Latinos everywhere. Celebrate Latino sports history in this inspiring, stunningly illustrated baseball book for kids ages 7 10, from an award winning baseball reporter and a Pura Belpr Honoree. Fernando Valenzuela was just barely out of his teens when he came to America from Mexico to play