"In this semi-autobiographical tale, Mr. Hernandez captures the wonder of childhood -- the joy of imagination, an appreciation for comic books and all the ultimately petty but seemingly world-shattering trials and tribulations of friendships during that time in one's life." -- The New York Times "Hernandez is brilliant on the particular embarrassments of growing up . and on the way its disappointments, however trivial, linger into adulthood . Marble Season is a treat: beady, nostalgic and sometimes unexpectedly piercing." -- The Guardian "Marble Season sometimes feels like one long, seamless shot of budding love, brimming violence and suddenly struck friendships. This is a highly physical, meta-Peanuts suburban universe in which adults are off-camera, but navigating other kids is plenty harrowing." - The Washington Post "Set in a lower-middle-class multiracial Southwestern suburb in the early 1960s, Marble Season is a wonderfully evocative account of a group of kids for whom popular culture.

serve as both a lingua franca and a not wholly reliable guide to the mysteries of social life.in Marble Season, the slow encroachment of adolescence, both a threat and a promise, gives the work emotional heft." -- The Globe & Mail.