Crossing the Wire

By Hobbs, Will

Publishers Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-0-06074-138-9
Publisher
New York : HarperCollins, c2006.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on May 1, 2006

Gr 5-Up Ever since his family moved to the tiny village of Los Á rboles, Victor has been best friends with Rico. When Rico tells him that he has enough money to pay for -a coyote - to help him cross into El Norte, Victor is unable to decide if he, too, should go along and look for work or try to feed his family with the pitiful annual corn harvest. The decision is made for him the next day when he discovers that the corn p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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