Lupita Manana (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback))

Beatty, Patricia

ISBN 10: 0780719336 ISBN 13: 9780780719330

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 2000

Synopsis

Lupita Manana After her father is killed in a fishing accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's mother makes a difficult decision. Lupita and her big brother, Salvador, must try to cross the border into America to earn money to support their young brothers and sisters. Full description

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Manana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

Synopsis:

To help her poverty-stricken family, 13-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for "la migra.".

About this edition

• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0780719336
• ISBN 13: 9780780719330
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 190