Bill VanPatten

Angel Bill VanPatten

"Me llamo Diego Torres, pero mi madre siempre me dice "Ángel." No sé por qué. No soy religioso, y ahora que tengo 19 años, no me gusta ese nombre."So begins "Ángel," written by award-winning teacher and scholar Bill VanPatten. Diego Torres is a student at UC Berkeley. Smart but quiet, he harbors a secret until circumstances force him to reveal what he's hiding. Poignant, timely, and defying stereotypes and genres, "Ángel" is the story that every student in Spanish should read. "Ángel" is a captivating text for both intermediate and advanced students of Spanish that consists of nine segments plus a prologue and an epilogue.