The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border

by Juan Pablo Villalobos

Book Overview

Award-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.

You can't really tell what time it is when you're in the freezer.

Every year, thousands of migrant children and teens cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The journey is treacherous and sometimes deadly, but worth the risk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374305730
• ISBN13: 9780374305734
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary