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Lupita Manana
Patricia Beatty
HarperCollins · Paperback · October 17, 2000
Reading lane: Hispanic & Latino YA
Crossing over the border is a dangerous business... ...But Lupita must cross from Mexico to America.
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Book Details
- Authors
- Patricia Beatty
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 17, 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Hispanic & Latino YA · US: Hispanic & Latino Stories
- Reading lane
- Hispanic & Latino YA
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Family Stories
Stories About Divorce
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About This Book
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 new language, hard labor, and the constant thre...
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