| Journey of the Sparrows Contributor(s): Buss, Fran Leeper (Author), Cubias, Daisy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142302090 ISBN-13: 9780142302095 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: This heartbreaking, suspenseful story of the secret lives of illegal immigrants follows 15-year-old Maria, her sister, brother, and a boy named Toms, all from El Salvador, as they endure a terrifying journey across the U.S. border and then north to Chicago. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.06" W x 7.9" (0.28 lbs) 160 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6926 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nailed into a crate in the back of a truck, fifteen-year-old Maria, her older sister, Julia, their little brother, Oscar, and a boy named Tomas endure a terrifying and torturous journey across the U.S. border and then north to Chicago. There they struggle to find work-cleaning, sewing, washing dishes-always fearful of arrest and deportation back to the cruelties of El Salvador. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, this moving story of the secret lives of immigrants is not to be missed. A gripping, lyrical portrayal of a continuing American dilemma. (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review) |