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Pedro is very poor. Yes, I can tell by the clothes he wears. I was
mad because somehow the way they were whispering, it sounded like
being poor was something very terrible. Meet six-year-old Pedrito,
who lives on a South Texas farm with his mother, father, and
younger sister. The year is 1941, and except for a trip to the big
city of San Antonio, five hours away, Pedritos life is the farm and
the school he attends in a village a few miles away. Pedritos
father has the papers he needs to work legally in the United
States, but that doesnt stop the Border Patrol from harassing him
and his son. Pedrito speaks only Spanish and is frightened on his
first day of school when he learns that he must speak English.
Luckily his teacher, Miss Garca, is patient with her students, and
soon Pedrito is sharing his new English words with his family.
Pedrito also relates his opinion of outhouses vs. indoor plumbing
and tells of a happy Easter decorating cascarones. ""Pedritos
World"" is a wonderful window on the lives and culture of a Mexican
family living and working in South Texas. Arturo O. Martnez based
""Pedritos World"" on his own South Texas childhood. He lives in
Hoboken, New Jersey.
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