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Language: English
Ages 9-12 Fiction Business Careers Children's Books Children: Grades 4-6 Emigration & Immigration Farm & Ranch Life Friendship General Hispanic & Latino Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Social Problems (General) Latino Lifestyles Occupations People & Places People & Places - United States - Hispanic Social Issues Social Issues - Emigration & Immigration Social Issues - Friendship United States
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: Sep 15, 2010
Description:
SUMMARY: After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.From the Hardcover edition.