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René Saldaña Jr.

Born

McAllen, Texas, The United States

Website

http://www.renesaldana.com/

Genre

Young Adult, Children's, Mystery

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René Saldaña Jr. graduated from Georgia State University (Ph.D.) with degrees in English and creative writing. He and his family live in south Texas, where he teaches English and writing at the university level. He is the author of "The Jumping Tree "and "Finding Our Way." ...more

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René Saldaña Jr.'s Blog

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Sounds of a Storm--A Tornado Warning, June 8, 2025

These are the sounds of a storm in West Texas, specifically Southwest Lubbock: a tornado warning.

https://drive.google.com/drive/recent: Having received at least one National Weather System alert on my phone I decided to sit out in the backyard and capture what I thought would be a run-of-the-mill wind storm, not the hail storm that it became. (Certain parts of Lubbock and surrounding areas did get

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René Saldaña Jr.’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 1,861 ratings · 341 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Jumping Tree 3.92 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whole Sky Full of Stars 3.26 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Good Long Way 3.47 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Our Way 3.23 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dale, Dale, Dale / Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: Una Fiesta de Números / A Fiesta of Numbers by René Saldaña Jr., Carolyn Dee Flores (Illustrations) 3.55 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¡Juventud! Growing up on the Border by René Saldaña Jr. (Editor), Erika Garza-Johnson (Editor), Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Pen Gone Missing/El Caso de La Pluma Perdida: A Mickey Rangel Mystery/Coleccion Mickey Rangel, Detective Privado 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eventually, Inevitably / Tarde o temprano era inevitable: My Writing Life in Verse / Mi vida de escritor en verso 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lemon Tree Caper/La intriga del limonero (The Mickey Rangel Mystery Series / Colección Mickey Rangel, detective privado, #2) (Spanish and English Edition) by René Saldaña Jr., Natalia Rosales-Yeomans (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of the Mischievous Marker / El misterio del malvado marcador (The Mickey Rangel Mystery Series / Colección Mickey Rangel, detective privado, #3) (English and Spanish Edition) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars