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Title The other side of the river / Alda P. Dobbs.
Author Dobbs, Alda P., author.
Publication Info. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Young Readers, [2021]
©2021
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Description 351 pages ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Petra Luna ; 2
Summary "Petra Luna is in America, having escaped the Mexican Revolution and the terror of the Federales. Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again, in this country that promises so much. Still, twelve-year-old Petra knows that her abuelita, little sister, and baby brother depend on her to survive. She leads her family from a smallpox-stricken refugee camp on the Texas border to the buzzing city of San Antonio, where they work hard to build a new life. And for the first time ever, Petra has a chance to learn to read and write. Yet Petra also sees in America attitudes she thought she'd left behind on the other side of the Rio Grande--people who look down on her mestizo skin and bare feet, who think someone like her doesn't deserve more from life. Petra wants more. Isn't that what the revolution is about? Her strength and courage will be tested like never before as she fights for herself, her family, and her dreams."--Provided by publisher
Subject Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Juvenile fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues -- Emigration & Immigration.
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. (OCoLC)fst01239966
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre Historical fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
ISBN 9781728238449 (trade) : $17.99
1728238447 (trade)
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