Apr 01, 2006 a mexican teen risks everything to emigrate illegally to the u. Florida sunshine state young readers award master list, james cook book award nominee 2007, ala best books for young adults 2007, ala popular paperbacks for young adults 2010, young hoosier book award nominee 20082009, texas lone star book 20072008. While not all of those who have made the trip will have seen all of the traumatic events the two young siblings in this book experienced, we can immagine that at least some of these episodes are typical for most of the trips. But miguels carefully laid plans change suddenly when his younger sister elena stows away and follows him. Fifteenyearold miguel and his thirteenyearold sister, elena, have been waiting to join their parents in california for years when they finally set off from their small, impoverished mexican village. The two of them encounter dangers on both sides of the border. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Setting miguel and his younger sister elena live with their grandmother on a ranch in the small mexican village san jacinto. Biding his time for six years in a backwater mexican village, miguel, his younger sister elena and his grandmother survive on money his parents send monthly from california.
This story chronicles the perilous journey of two mexican children heading north to reunite with their parents. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. I think that having multicultural background experience makes me read more of this type of books. Fifteenyearold miguel and his thirteenyearold sister, elena, have been waiting. The story is fiction but based on facts she learned from her own ell students. In the surrounding area, popular sights include rock of gibraltar and algeciras harbour. This book gives us a vivid picture of what the journey is like.
He begins his journey only to find that his sister elena has followed him. A mexican teen risks everything to emigrate illegally to the u. Buy products such as secret treasures womens and womens plus short sleeve top and joggers, 2pc pajama set at walmart and save. By lila quintero weaver description from the book jacket. Its a cliff hanger in parts and a tear jerker in others, and should invite students to be introspective about the hot topic of illegal immigrants in the us. During the visit with don clemente, miguel learned a secret about his papa. When miguel, 15, leaves san jacinto, mexico, to join his parents in california, his sister, elena, secretly follows him. On the morning of his fifteenth birthday, miguels wait is over. Simply book a local tour to enjoy your stay a little more. I have to consider and also read something else rather than american and hispanics related books. Its been six years, eleven months and twelve days since i. Mexico border to be reunited with their family in california. A novel and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
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