Lupita Manana - Softcover

Beatty, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688114970 ISBN 13: 9780688114978

Publisher: MORROW, WILLIAM @ & COMPANY IN, 1992

Synopsis

When 13-year-old Lupita's father dies in a commercial fishing accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's mother makes a difficult decision. Lupita and her brother Salvador must cross over the border to the U.S. to earn enough money to support their mother and younger siblings. But crossing over the border is a difficult and dangerous business, which can end in capture, imprisonment, or death. Young Adult.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

From Publishers Weekly:

Following their father's death, Lupita and her brother must leave their Mexican fishing village for the U.S. to earn income for the family. Ages 12-up.
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About this edition

• Publisher: MORROW, WILLIAM @ & COMPANY IN
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0688114970
• ISBN 13: 9780688114978
• Binding: Paperback