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ISBN: 0375858385

EAN: 9780375858383

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Business, Careers, Occupations/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration/Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Random House Childrens Books

Release Date: 01/13/2009

Age Range: 8-12

Synopsis: After Tylers 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 isnt 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.

Awards: Americas Award for Childrens and Young Adult Literature – null  Georgia Childrens Book Award – null  Pura Belpre Award – null  SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) – null 

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Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.16 inches

Width: 6.22 inches

Length: 8.5 inches

Weight: 15.8 oz

Pages: 336