Teenage years are difficult for anyone, but for Trino Olivares, it seems like he never gets a break. Every time he rolls the dice, he feels like he always lands on the square marked “Lose Your Turn”. In El momento de Trino, the Spanish translation of Trino’s Time, Trino must continue to hold on through the wild turns that leave him reeling.
Trying to cope with the loss of two friends, Trino finds himself even more alone in a world that seems to care very little for him. Slowly, with the help of some friends and a Tejano hero that Trino discovers in history class, he learns that there are times in a man’s life in which he has to help himself. Trino chooses to take charge.
Continuing the story of Trino’s Choice (El dilema de Trino), popular young-adult author Diane Gonzales Bertrand creates another dramatic story about the choices and the issues that face young adults. In Trino, she has created a young hero who learns to cope with the world around him by learning to trust himself.
Named to The New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2002
Finalist, 2002 Writer’s League of Texas Teddy Children’s Book Award
Named to the Latino Literary Hall of Fame for Best Young Adult Fiction in 2002
Finalist, 2001 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
2001 Texas Institute of Letters Friends of the Austin PL Award for Best Young Adult Book
Finalist, ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award in the Young Adult Category.
“This story has high interest and a quick pace with realistic dialogue, including suitably placed Spanish words and phrases. Characters are likeable and carefully drawn…[a] well-written sequel.”—School Library Journal
“The emotions are sincere, and selfless Trino is an appealing protagonist.”—Booklist
DIANE GONZALES BERTRAND is the author of several books for young adults. They include There’s a Name for This Feeling / Hay un nombre para lo que siento (Piñata Books, 2014), The F Factor (Piñata Books, 2010), Close to the Heart (2002), Trino’s Time (2001), Trino’s Choice (1999), Lessons of the Game (1998), and Sweet Fifteen (1995). A lifelong resident of San Antonio, Bertrand teaches at St. Mary’s University, where she is also Writer in Residence.
Learn more by visiting her faculty page.
ROSARIO SANMIGUEL, a native of Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico, is the author of a novel Árboles o apuntes de viaje (PuenteLibre Editores, 2006) and two collections of stories, Callejón Sucre y otros relatos (Ediciones del Azar, 1994) and Under the Bridge/Bajo el Puente (Arte Público Press, 2008). Her work has been published in several anthologies and magazines, including Sin límites imaginarios, Cuentos del norte de México (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2006). She is the recipient of grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. She lives and works in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
ATOS Interest Level: Middle/Upper Grades
Category: Young Adult
ATOS Spanish: 4.6
LEXILE SPANISH: 730L
Accelerated Reader Quiz #: 54653
