Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado

Contributor(s): Anzaldúa, Gloria (Author), Mendez, Consuelo (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780892391301

Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)

Binding Types:

Paperback

$12.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$25.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$24.70 (100+ copies: $23.95)

List/retail price:

$12.95

Pub Date: June 3, 1997

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 92034384

Lexile Code: 0590

Features: Bilingual, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 05 to 08

Physical Info: 0.16" H x 9.61" L x 8.65" W ( 0.29 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000018325 ( Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado)

Reading level: 2.30

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquín receives help and friendship from Prietita a brave young Mexican American girl.

Brief description:

Gloria Anzaldúa was a major Mexican American/Chicana literary voice, scholar, and activist. Her first book for Children's Book Press, Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del otro lado, about a brave young girl's friendship with an immigrant boy and his mother, was praised by School Library Journal as "an important book touching on a timely and sensitive issue." She passed away in 2004.