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by Julia Alvarez
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After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
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Fiction, Friendship, Illegal aliens, Farm life, Migrant workers, Migrant labor, Spanish language materials, Mexicans, Mexican Foreign workers, Mexicanx, Juvenile Fiction, Construcciones agrícolas, Extranjeros ilegales, Mexicanos, Amistad, Trabajadores migratorios, Vida agrícola, Ficcion juvenil, Mexican, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Migrant labor, fiction, Illegal aliens, fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, Spanish language, readers, Vermont, fiction, Farm life, fiction, United states, fiction, Pura Belpré Author Award, Noncitizens, Illegal immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, AliensPlaces
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2009, Random House Children's Books
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in English
0375891617 9780375891618
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After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire 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.From the Hardcover edition.
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