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Border Crossing

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Overview

Fiction. In this debut novel, Maria Collen Cruz creates the vibrant voice of a girl just on the brink of understanding. With her journal at her side, this thoughtful and creative character tackles complicated issues of identity and self-empowerment The things Ceci Alvarez does not know about her father's family send her riding rails from Los Angeles to Tijuana, Mexico in order to piece together the mysteries behind a set of her Nana's photographs. Tony, a lively young teen Ceci meets on the train, leads her from one country to the next, and challenges her to see Mexico as "green and brown. It's little villages with big farms, and lots of grass, and towns where electricity is something not everyone has. It's spicy chiles, juicy tomatoes, and light tortillas. It's music, and laughter, and pride."

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781558854055
  • ISBN-10: 1558854053
  • Publisher: Pinata Books
  • Publish Date: October 2003
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
  • Page Count: 122
  • Reading Level: Ages 10-13

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