
Journey with Ernesto Galarza through time, place, and culture in this stunning memoir of Mexican American identity and acculturation. Barrio Boy is the remarkable story of one boy's journey from a Mexican village so small its main street didn't have...


The autobiography of a young Mexican boy and his family, who moved from their Mexican village to a Sacramento barrio, and his observations and adjustments to the new life.

In this book, Galarza tells of his progress from a Mexican village so small its main street didn't have a name, to Sacramento, California. He describes the difficulties of finding work in a strife-torn nation, in securing an education and in keeping his family intact.


