Border Crossing - Softcover

Cruz, Maria Colleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558854053 ISBN 13: 9781558854055

Publisher: Arte Publico Press, 2003

Synopsis

Fiction. In this debut novel, Maria Collen Cruz creates the vibrant voice of a girl just on the brink of understanding. With her journal at her side, this thoughtful and creative character tackles complicated issues of identity and self-empowerment The things Ceci Alvarez does not know about her father's family send her riding rails from Los Angeles to Tijuana, Mexico in order to piece together the mysteries behind a set of her Nana's photographs. Tony, a lively young teen Ceci meets on the train, leads her from one country to the next, and challenges her to see Mexico as "green and brown. It's little villages with big farms, and lots of grass, and towns where electricity is something not everyone has. It's spicy chiles, juicy tomatoes, and light tortillas. It's music, and laughter, and pride."

About this title

From the Publisher:

In this debut novel, Maria Colleen Cruz creates the vibrant voice of a girl just on the brink of understanding. With her journal at her side, this thoughtful and creative character tackles complicated issues of identity and self-empowerment.

About the Author:

MARIA COLLEEN CRUZ holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from Bradford College and a M.A. in Elementary Education from Columbia University. Border Crossing is her first book of fiction for young adults. She resides in Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches fourth grade at an exemplary elementary school.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1558854053
• ISBN 13: 9781558854055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122