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Alex Sanchez is a Mexican-American Author of Young Adult Fiction . He was born in 1957 in Mexico City , Mexico to parents of German and Cuban heritage and immigrated to the United States in 1962 . Sanchez's works explore themes of Gay, Bisexual, And Questioning Youth . His novels include '' Rainbow Boys '' ( 2001 ), '' Rainbow High '' ( 2003 ), '' Rainbow Road '' ( 2005 ), and '' So Hard To Say '' ( 2004 ). Sanchez's novels have faced a number of challenges and efforts to ban them from public libraries and schools. , who asserted the book was "a homosexual recruiting tool"(Lewis). The book was retained by the Owen-Withee Junior and Senior High School, but the superintendent suggested to create a policy of requiring guardian permission to check out the book (ABFFE). In addition to the Wisconsin challenge, the book was also challenged at the Montgomery County Memorial Library System in Montgomery County, Texas (Doyle 6). REFERENCES
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