{"product_id":"the-other-side-stories-of-central-american-teen-refugees-who-dream-of-crossing-the-border-paperback","title":"The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Pablo Villalobos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos explores illegal immigration with this emotionally raw and timely nonfiction book about ten Central American teens and their journeys to the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou can't really tell what time it is when you're in the freezer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery year, thousands of migrant children and teens cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The journey is treacherous and sometimes deadly, but worth the risk for migrants who are escaping gang violence and poverty in their home countries. And for those refugees who \u003ci\u003edo \u003c\/i\u003esucceed? They face an immigration process that is as winding and multi-tiered as the journey that brought them here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, award-winning Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos strings together the diverse experiences of eleven real migrant teenagers, offering readers a beginning road map to issues facing the region. These timely accounts of courage, sacrifice, and survival--including two fourteen-year-old girls forming a tenuous friendship as they wait in a frigid holding cell, a boy in Chicago beginning to craft his future while piecing together his past in El Salvador, and cousins learning to lift each other up through angry waters--offer a rare and invaluable window into the U.S.-Central American refugee crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn turns optimistic and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e balances the boundless hope at the center of immigration with the weight of its risks and repercussions. Here is a necessary read for young people on both sides of the issue.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Pablo Villalobos\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. He has written literary criticism, film criticism, and short stories. Villalobos has penned multiple books, including \u003ci\u003eDown the Rabbit Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into fifteen languages and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eQuesadillas\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Barcelona, Spain, with his wife and their two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.17 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kirkus Prize (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759458386208,"sku":"9781250802651","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2256f20421caaf327be72f2c89bd3ba9.webp?v=1780153311","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-other-side-stories-of-central-american-teen-refugees-who-dream-of-crossing-the-border-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}