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Land of the cranes
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Author
Published
New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - Fiction - Juvenile
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Published
New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 5.1, 3 Points
Level 5.1, 3 Points
Notes
Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture poems her father taught her, but each day threatens to further tear her family apart.
Target Audience
Ages 8-12.,Scholastic.
Target Audience
Grades 4-6.,Scholastic.
Awards
Américas Award, 2021
Awards
Honor winner for the 2021 Janes Addams Books for Older Children Award.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Children's stories.
Deportation -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Detention of persons -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexicans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction.
Noncitizens -- Juvenile fiction.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- Juvenile fiction.
Deportation -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Detention of persons -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexicans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction.
Noncitizens -- Juvenile fiction.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- Juvenile fiction.
Bisac Subjects
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
Deportation -- Fiction.
Detention of persons -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Family -- Juvenile fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Mexicans -- Fiction.
Mexicans -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexicans -- United States -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- Fiction.
Noncitizens.
Novels in verse.
Novels in verse.
Undocumented Immigrants
Detention of persons -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Family -- Juvenile fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Mexicans -- Fiction.
Mexicans -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexicans -- United States -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- Fiction.
Noncitizens.
Novels in verse.
Novels in verse.
Undocumented Immigrants