We Are Not from Here Jenny Torres Sanchez Paperback
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A poignant novel of desperation escape and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border inspired by current events. A Pura Belpré 2021 Young Adult Author Honor Book! A BookPage Best Book of 2020! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2020! A School Library Journal Best Book of 2020! A New York Public Library 2020 Top 10 Best Book for Teens! Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they ve grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country from their families from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico they follow the route of La Bestia the perilous train system that might deliver them to a better life--if they are lucky enough to survive the journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and desperation drumming through their hearts Pulga Chico and Pequeña know there is no turning back despite the unknown that awaits them. And the darkness that seems to follow wherever they go. In this striking portrait of lives torn apart the plight of migrants at the U.S. southern border is brought to light through poignant vivid storytelling. An epic journey of danger resilience heartache and hope. Praise for We Are Not From Here A fierce and tender story...Relevant timely and perceptive. --Margarita Engle winner of the Pura Belpre Award and Newbery Honor With poignant exhausting lyricism and heart wrenching poetic prose Jenny Torres Sanchez digs deep and shows us the throbbing aching corazón--the hopeful unbreakable spirit of the embattled immigrant. A book for the starving lost soul. --Guadalupe García McCall Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Under th... view more