Lauren Markham
Autor de The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life
Sobre El Autor
Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, identical twins Ernesto and Ral Flores always had a fascination with the United States, a distant land of fantasy and opportunity-until, at age seventeen, a deadly threat from the region's brutal gangs forces them to flee the only home mostrar más they've ever known. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the Flores twins as they make their way across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, into the hands of immigration authorities, and from there to their estranged older brother in Oakland, California. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating school in a new language, working to pay down their mounting coyote debt, and facing their day in immigration court, while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of teenage life with only each other for support. With intimate access and breathtaking range, Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience. mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64103383
Obras de Lauren Markham
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Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
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The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults)… por Lauren Markham
RGG: Important and real! Wonder about what has changed since the 2018-19 publication. A few clunky bits maybe due to the adaptation.
Note: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher at ALA Annual 2019.
This is the story of two identical twin brothers who fight to escape their country before the beginning of a civil war. These brothers are fighting to survive and find out where they truly belong. I would highly recommend this book to any middle school student.
Pop-up book. Putting names and circumstances on immigrants sneaking across the border. Of course, heart wrenching. Twin brothers leave their families in their teens b/c they are targeted by the gangs. Can't work or survive. Travel to LA is horrendous. Get into school and get help to try to become legal but circumstances keep crumbling under them.
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- 4
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- Popularidad
- #98,340
- Valoración
- 3.6
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- 8
- ISBNs
- 12