Names on a Map

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Book Overview

The Espejo family of El Paso, Texas, is like so many others in America in 1967, trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating war they feel does not concern them. But when the eldest son, Gustavo, a complex and errant rebel, receives a certified letter ordering him to report to basic training, he chooses to flee instead to Mexico. Retreating back to the land of his grandfather--a foreign country to which he is no longer culturally connected--Gustavo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061285692
• ISBN13: 9780061285691
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"