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A world of adventure greets Elena and her little brother, Carlos, once they leave their Mexican seaside village to find their father, who has suddenly disappeared in the masses of immigrants attempting to make a living in Los Angeles in order to support families back home.
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Finalist in the 1996 Benjamin Franklin Award for Juvenile Young Adult Fiction.
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Grade 5-9?A wholesome, albeit it unlikely, adventure. Elena, 17, and her 7-year-old brother leave their Mexican village to find their father in Los Angeles. His letters have stopped and Elena is worried about him. They reach their destination only to find that no one knows where he is. With little money, their situation seems grim. Luckily, Elena has a letter of introduction from a friend in her village to the wealthy Montalvo family; by noon she has a job and the young people are living in a beautiful Malibu mansion. As the weeks pass, Ana's son offers to help Elena find her father, and she begins to wonder if Dr. Montalvo is connected somehow to his disappearance. In the end, all of the pieces fall neatly together. Lachtman has created a romantic fairy tale of emigration. Not too many Mexican children (even if they speak perfect English) go through the border crossing so easily, navigate L.A. on buses, and end up in a mansion, driving a Cadillac and sharing chaste kisses with the son of the house. Elena is a strong, likable heroine who is mature beyond her years. The other characters serve their intended purposes in this predictable tale. While a bit long, this is serviceable escapist fare. However, it does not, as the publisher claims, "shed light on the contemporary themes of immigration and biculturalism."?Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library
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- PublisherArte Publico Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1558851496
- ISBN 13 9781558851498
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages259
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