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by Alexandra Diaz
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alexandra DiazAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2017-10-03Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman BooksISBN-13:9781481457514ISBN-10:1481457519UPC:9781481457514Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Places, FamilyBook Topic:Emigration & Immigration, Caribbean & Latin America, General (see also headings under Social Themes)Size:7.60 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCEZTWVZMR
PURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK
ALA NOTABLE BOOK

"An important, must-have addition to the growing body of literature with immigrant themes." --School Library Journal (starred review)

Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this "powerful and timely" (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel.

Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead.

Everyone in Jaime's small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that's known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone who refuses to work for them is hurt or killed--like Miguel. With Miguel gone, Jaime fears that he is next. There's only one choice: accompanied by his cousin Ángela, Jaime must flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico.

Inspired by true events, The Only Road is an individual story of a boy who feels that leaving his home and risking everything is his only chance for a better life. The story is "told with heartbreaking honesty," Booklist raved, and "will bring readers face to face with the harsh realities immigrants go through in the hope of finding a better, safer life, and it will likely cause them to reflect on what it means to be human."
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman BooksISBN-13:9781481457514ISBN-10:1481457519UPC:9781481457514Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Places, FamilyBook Topic:Emigration & Immigration, Caribbean & Latin America, General (see also headings under Social Themes)Size:7.60 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCEZTWVZMR
Alexandra Diaz is the award-winning author of The Only Road, The Crossroads, Santiago's Road Home, and Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla. The Only Road was a Pura Belpr? Honor Book and won the Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, as well as numerous other accolades. Santiago's Road Home was an International Latino Book Award gold medalist and an ALA Notable Children's Book. Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, received the Teacher's Favorites Award from the Children's Book Council, and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. Alexandra is the daughter of Cuban refugees and a native Spanish speaker. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but got her master's in writing for young people at Bath Spa University in England. Visit her at Alexandra-Diaz.com.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

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