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Nailed into a crate in the back of a truck, fifteen-year-old Maria, her older sister, Julia, their little brother, Oscar, and a boy named Tomas endure a terrifying and torturous journey across the U.S. border and then north to Chicago. There they struggle to find work-cleaning, sewing, washing dishes-always fearful of arrest and deportation back to the cruelties of El Salvador. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, this moving story of the secret lives of immigrants is not to be missed.

A gripping, lyrical portrayal of a continuing American dilemma. (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review)

Journey of the Sparrows

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    A Paperback / softback by Fran Leeper Buss, Daisy Cubias

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: 30/12/2002
      ISBN13: 9780142302095, 978-0142302095
      ISBN10: 0142302090

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nailed into a crate in the back of a truck, fifteen-year-old Maria, her older sister, Julia, their little brother, Oscar, and a boy named Tomas endure a terrifying and torturous journey across the U.S. border and then north to Chicago. There they struggle to find work-cleaning, sewing, washing dishes-always fearful of arrest and deportation back to the cruelties of El Salvador. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, this moving story of the secret lives of immigrants is not to be missed.

      A gripping, lyrical portrayal of a continuing American dilemma. (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review)

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