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Julia Alvarez

Jan 2009 · Sold by Knopf Books for Young Readers

4.4

12 reviews

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352

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About this ebook

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’ t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?

In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.

Ratings and reviews

4.4

12 reviews

A Google user

November 29, 2013

It was am inspiring and heartwarming novel. I love it and would read it again.

Ashton Michelot

April 9, 2013

Enjoyed reading it from my library :)

GABRIEL IFEME CHIKE

April 28, 2014

The Lord is good all the time…”

About the author

Julia Alvarez is the author of several novels for young readers including How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay, Finding Miracles, and Before We Were Free, winner of the ALA’s Pura Belpré Award. Her books for adults include How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, and Once Upon a Quinceañera. She is a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College in Vermont.

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