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De la Peña joined Urrea in an uprising to overthrow Santa Anna and restore the Constitution of 1824. While De la Pena was in Texas, he had kept a diary which was not published till 1955. It was located by researcher J. Sanchez Garza and subsequently translated into English by Carmen Perry of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
We Were Here is a 2009 young adult novel by Matt de la Peña. It follows the story of Miguel, a teenager who rebels against the law. We Were Here was recognized as an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA-SALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. It was also featured in the 2010 NYC Public Library ...
De la Peña wrote Mexican WhiteBoy in 2008, drawing on his own teenage passion for sports and Mexican heritage. [4] The novel was banned from classrooms in Tucson , Arizona , starting in 2012, when lawmakers passed laws to remove materials containing " critical race theory ," [ 5 ] until 2017, when the court ruled the law violated the ...
This award marked a historic moment in the Newbery's history as Matt de la Peña became the first ever Hispanic American author to win the Medal. [19] It also was regarded as a breakthrough moment for picture books, as Last Stop on Market Street became only the second-ever picture book to win the award, with the first being in 1982. [20]
Mexican WhiteBoy is a 2008 novel by Matt de la Peña, published by Delacorte Press. [1] De la Peña drew on his own adolescent passion for sports [2] in developing his main character Danny, a baseball enthusiast. The novel, which is set in National City, California, uses Spanglish and has a bicultural theme.
Mariano Escobedo was born in San Pablo de los Labradores (which is today known as Galeana), Nuevo León on 16 January 1826. He was the youngest of six children born to Manuel Escobedo and Rita de la Peña.
Manuel de Lapeña y Ruiz del Sotillo [note 1] (11 April 1762 – 14 October 1820) was a Spanish Army officer. Having a reputation for incompetence—he had the nickname Doña Manuela (Lady Manuela).
He fought victoriously under the command of General Juan Luis Franco Bidó, on January 24, 1856, against the troops of the Haitian emperor Faustin Soulouque. [2] When the annexation to Spain was proclaimed in 1861, Lucas de Peña was already a brigadier general and became part of the Reserves. He lived in the section of El Pocito, Guayubín.