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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Torres Sanchez, Jenny, author.
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Refugees--Fiction.
Refugees.
Guatemalans.
Immigrants.
Emigration and immigration.
Mexico.
Guatemala.
United States.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Guatemalans--United States--Fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Guatemalans--United States--Juvenile fiction.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Juvenile fiction.
Guatemala--Juvenile fiction.
Mexico--Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Juvenile works.
Young adult works.
Physical Description:
348 pages : map ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Summary:
Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico, they follow the route of La Bestia, the perilous train system that might deliver them to a better life -- if they are lucky enough to survive the journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and desperation drumming through their hearts, Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña know there is no turning back, despite the unknown that awaits them. And the darkness that seems to follow wherever they go.
Notes:
Ages 12 - up
Grades 9 - up
Belpre Honor Book (Text) 2021
ISBN:
9781984812261
1984812262
OCLC:
1114887337
Publisher Number:
99987197297

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