For ages 9-12. In this sketchy but heartfelt novel, Miguel Rivera
illegally enters the US with his parents when he is five and
undergoes a variety of social and political traumas by the time he
reaches middle school. The family takes in an orphan girl, and then
grows to include twin sisters for Miguel as well. When his father
disappears after leaving Texas to set up a new family home for them
in New Mexico, mother and son become partners in keeping the rest
of the family together and hopeful. When they move to New Mexico,
Miguel encounters a gang of bullies, but makes new friends who help
him discover the dignity of his ancestry as well as new inner
strength. Meanwhile, a secondary set of characters includes a US
Border Patrol officer and his nasty son, Miguel's peer. Although a
lot happens in very few pages and both character and plot detail
are sacrificed to brevity, the many issues raised are interesting.
Some, including the guarded social interactions of illegal
residents and the slave labour into which adults are still forced
today, are unusual to find in fiction for this age group. Useful
for social studies, though not for literature classes.
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