| #67954 in Books | Harper Collins | 2000-10-17 | 2000-10-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.63 x.38 x5.13l,.30 | File type: PDF | 192 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good, somewhat simplistic|By Samantha Thompson|I want to start off by saying if you want a good fictional account of a child immigrating from Mexico, watch the movie Under the Same Moon, or La Misma Luna Under the Same Moon it shows more hardships, I think, and had pretty much a whole class of college students almost in tears.
Now, about this book. It shows some of t|From Publishers Weekly|Following their father's death, Lupita and her brother must leave their Mexican fishing village for the U.S. to earn income for the family. Ages 12-up. |Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.|About the
Crossing over the border is a dangerous business...
...But Lupita must cross from Mexico to America. After her father dies in a fishing boat accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's family is left in poverty. Lupita and her big brother, Salvador, must smuggle themselves into the United States to earn money to support their mother and young siblings.
America is not the land of opportunity they had hoped. A...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Lupita Manana (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback)) | Patricia Beatty. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
