by Victor Villasenor
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In this Spanish translation of Macho!, seventeen-year-old Roberto Garcia has big hopes for a future different from that of his compatriots in the highlands of Michoacan. Hungry for the prosperous life that he imagines on the other side of the border, Roberto steps onto the dangerous trail that so many immigrants have taken before him--from his mountainous home into the dangers of the world outside. Before long, Roberto finds himself in the land of promise: in the midst of golden fields and fertile fruit orchards where he can make more money in one week than he could have in a year back home. He learns quickly, though, that the backbreaking work in vegetable fields under the powerful sun does not gain him the wealth, freedom, and power that he'd hoped for. But even in that world of cramped trains, deadly deserts, and horrifying conditions, Roberto is determined to make a place for himself. This gripping novel by Victor Villasenor, author of Rain of Gold, boils with the conflicts of spiritual, social, and economic values of a young Mexican immigrant's coming of age in the United States.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Great incorporation of Cesar Chavez into a quality narrative, 2007-10-30
I read this book due to the great enjoyment provided me by the 'The Rain of Gold'. This book is much shorter and I anticipated that it would be difficult to provide the deep character development or interaction but I was wrong. Villasenor does an excellent job detailing the travils of Roberto and really showing the growth and inner turmoil being experienced by the heroine.
I also believe the analogy of male vs. female and U.S. vs. Mexico are very interesting. Roberto makes decisions that are attributed to the women he respects more than to the country he feels beholden to but the reader can see the contributions of both.
Mexico's machismo characterization is reknown and probably overplayed but as a Mexican-American growing up in the Southwestern USA I can attest that it is a very difficult dynamic to confront (or ignore).
Last item: I really enjoyed the excerpts of the Cesar Chavez dilemma from the immigrants perspective. Roberto is caught in the middle of being restricted from work by the strikers but appreciates the long term vision that Cesar Chavez had for all workers throughout the world.
Great book!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Macho, 2006-12-07
In the book Macho by Victor Villaseñor, Roberto Garcia goes to the United States to make his and his family's lives better. We think that the book was pretty well written because the author used foreign language in the book. He used Spanish and English. He also used good description and explained the conflict that the main character had. Sometimes Victor repeated the same thing and that made the book sort of boring. If you really want to know more, read the book and find out. We really recommend this book because it gives good information on the traditions of Mexico and very good ideas of the challenges the main character passed through.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Christian C, Bryan C, Juan G, Salvador V, 2006-12-06
The book Macho talks about a boy named Roberto going to the United States in search for a better life for him and his family. The beginning of the book was boring because it spends most of the time describing the setting. The book was repeating itself for the most part which made you lose interest. However, by the end of the book it got more interesting there was more action that just has you wanting to know what is going to happen next. We recommend this book for anyone wanting to know about what immigrants have to go through to support their family.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
MACHO!, 2006-12-06
Our Group has decided to give Macho! four stars because Victor Villaseñor was teaching us how people made their American dream. Also Victor Villaseñor made some good characters that seem that if they were real people. Victor Villaseñor was talking about the people crossing the border and how some people worked on the fields to support their families back in Mexico. We did not give this book five stars because there was a lot of violence and killing. Even thought this book had a lot of violence and killing we recommend this book to kids over 12 years old to read this book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Macho, 2006-05-24
This story is based in person that wanted to follow his dream. Roberto came to the United States because he needed to help his family that is in Mexico because they are poor.
Roberto came from Mexico because he wanted to work hard. Roberto works in the fields with other immigrants that came to the United States to work and get a better life. Roberto was discriminate by American people because he was Hispanic and because he could work in some jobs that only American people could work. When Roberto had his fist pay check he decided to send the money to Mexico but he told his father that his father that if he is going to waste the money in alcohol that he is not going to send no more money.
I found this book interesting because Roberto had to pass threw discrimination, and insults, calling him names and all of this just because he wanted to help his family. I found that admiring and interesting.
I recommend this book to all the people that interest in how immigrants that pass threw so they could follow their dream.
Book review- by= Francisco Gonzalez
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