Pub Date: October 17, 2000
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 81000505
Lexile Code: 0760
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.46" H x 7.72" L x 5.14" W ( 0.30 lbs) 192 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Hispanic and Latino | General | Social Themes | Poverty and Homelessness | Family | Blended Families | Action and Adventure | Survival Stories | Biographical | United States | Historical | United States General | Girls and Women | Humorous Stories | Marriage and Divorce | Siblings | Stories in Verse see also Poetry | Places | Mexico | Values and Virtues
Series: Harper Trophy Books (Paperback)
Description: After her father is killed in a fishing accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's mother makes a difficult decision. Lupita and her big brother, Salvador, must try to cross the border into America to earn money to support their young brothers and sisters.
Brief description:
Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.
Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.