The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

from meganelizabeth

Pancho Sanchez and Daniel Quentin (a.k.a. D.Q.) are an unusual pair. Pancho is a 17-year-old teen with a difficult past. His mother died when he was just five, his father was recently killed in a terrible freak-accident, and his developmentally delayed sister died - or, according to Pancho, was m...

from nbmars

How fortunate I feel to have come upon this author (who also wrote Marcelo in the Real World). He has a writing style and a writing heart that are different from any other author of whom I can call to mind. Pancho Sanchez, age 17, is suddenly orphaned after his father was killed in an accident at...

from victorianist

Deeply philosophical, just like Don Quixote.

from devafagan

Wonderful characters, and deep subjects treated with respect and humor and kindness. The epilogue made me a little teary (in a good way)!

from lilibrarian

Pancho's mother died young. Then his father died in a work accident. His sister died mysteriously in a hotel room. All alone, he was sent to live in St. Anthony's home. There, he was assigned to assist D.Q., a boy his own age who was dying of cancer. Feeling he has nothing to live for, Pancho pla...