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2020., Flatiron Books Call No: REALISTIC F CUM Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy--two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia--trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to? American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed when they finish reading it. A page-turner filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page, it is a literary achievement."--
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2020., Flatiron Books Call No: SUSPENSE Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is. . . fairly comfortable. . . And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy. . . Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon . . . ride la bestia-trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Sourcebooks Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL F DOB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2021]., General, Sourcebooks Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL FIC DOB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution""--Provided by publisher.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Sourcebooks Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After her mother's death and father's arrest in 1913, twelve-year-old Petra Luná leads what is left of her family out of the ravages of Mexico's revolution towards the U.S. border, following what her abuelita calls her "barefoot dreams." Her grandmother's term refers to the fact that they are not meant to go far, just like them as barefoot peasants, but Petra vows to cross battlefields and deserts to make her dreams a reality in a better life in the United States.
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[2023]., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: REALISTIC F DEL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Caught in the cross hairs of gang violence, seventeen-year-old fashion designer, Maya, and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US-Mexico border.
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2020., Pre-adolescent, Puffin books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: The Unicorn Rescue Society--Elliot, Uchenna, and Professor Fauna--travel to the Texas-Mexico border to investigate a mysterious creature that drained a cow completely of blood. There they meet locals Lupita and Mateo along with their mother Dr. Alejandra Cervantes, and learn the problem is much bigger than they thought. They must find the adorable, blood-sucking creature, save the animals, and bring a community back together.
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Ã2016., Adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st American ed. 20 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A novel about the illicit human and drug trade at the US-Mexican border."--Provided by publisher.
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2018., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: Realistic FIC Sedgwick Edition: First Square Fish edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Outside of Juarez, Mexico, a man named Arturo spends his days working odd jobs and keeping a low profile. However, when his friend Faustino gets his girlfriend pregnant, and then steals money from drug lords to smuggle her and the baby into the U.S., Arturo's life gets thrown into chaos. Helping his friend get the money to give back to the drug lords won't be easy in Juarez's crime-ridden world of gangs, drugs, and human traffickers. Over everything looms Santa Muerte, Saint Death, a constant reminder of just how dangerous the Mexico-U.S. border can be.
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-- St. Death2017, Adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: REALISTIC F SED Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Arturo scrapes by living in Anapra working odd jobs and staying out of sight. His friend Faustino joined one of the drug gangs. He stole money from the gang to send his girlfriend and her baby into the U.S. -- and he wants Arturo's help replacing the money before the gang kills him. Looming over Arturo's story, and Juarez itself, is Santa Muerte -- Saint Death, watching impassively as people in the border town struggle in the face of a vicious drug trade, dangerous trafficking, corruption, and income inequality.
