Pub Date: May 4, 2021
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2019028342
Lexile Code: 0740
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 7.60" L x 5.10" W ( 0.55 lbs) 352 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration Immigration and Refugees | Places | Mexico | Action and Adventure | Survival Stories
Description: Includes a reading group guide and an excerpt from The only road.
Brief description: Alexandra Diaz is the award-winning author of The Only Road, The Crossroads, Santiago's Road Home, and Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla. The Only Road was a Pura Belpré Honor Book and won the Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, as well as numerous other accolades. Santiago's Road Home was an International Latino Book Award gold medalist and an ALA Notable Children's Book. Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, received the Teacher's Favorites Award from the Children's Book Council, and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. Alexandra is the daughter of Cuban refugees and a native Spanish speaker. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but got her master's in writing for young people at Bath Spa University in England. Visit her at Alexandra-Diaz.com.