"Did you come from the other side? You know, from Mexico?" So
begins the friendship between Prietita and Joaquin, the young boy
who, with his mother, has crossed the Rio Grande River to Texas in
search of a new life.
Prietita, a brave young Mexican American girl, defends Joaquin
from the neighborhood kids who taunt him with shouts of "mojado" or
"wetback." But what can she do to protect Joaquin and his mother
from the Border Patrol as the van cruises slowly up the street
toward their hiding place?
Writer Gloria Anzaldua is a major Mexican American literary
voice. Illustrator Consuelo Mendez is a noted Latin American
artist. Both grew up in South Texas. In this, their first
collaboration, they have captured not only the hardship of daily
life on the border, but also the beauty of the landscape and the
dignity and generosity of spirit that the Mexican Americans and the
Mexican immigrants share.
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