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Read The Crossroads (The Only Road #2) characters Ë PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Alexandra Diaz Alexandra Diaz ✓ 4 Summary Nge place “home” His real home is with his parents abuela and the rest of the family; not here where cacti and cattle outnumber people where he can no longer be himself a boy from GuatemalaWhen bad news arrives from his parents back home feelings of helplessness and guilt gnaw at Jaime Gang violence in Guatemala means he can’t return home but he’s not sure if he wants to stay either The US is not the great place everyone said it would be especially if you’re sin papeles undocument uick sweet enjoyable readMotherDaughter Coronavirus Bookclub Book 10

Read The Crossroads (The Only Road #2) characters Ë PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Alexandra Diaz Alexandra Diaz ✓ 4 Summary Ed like Jaime When things look bleak hope arrives from unexpected places a uiet boy on the bus a music teacher an old ranch hand With his sketchbook always close by Jaime uses his drawings to show what it means to be a true citizenPowerful and moving this touching seuel to The Only Road explores overcoming homesickness finding ways to connect despite a language barrier and discovering what it means to start over in a new place that alternates between being wonderful and completely unwelcomi If you enjoyed The Only Road which traces the journey from Guatemala to the United States of Jaime Rivera 12 and his cousin Angela 15 then you will certainly want to find out what happens next Newly arrived in New Mexico where they are living with their brother Tomas on the ranch where he works the two youngsters take very different paths to their new situation Jaime seems lost without Miguel and Xavi and his familiar neighborhood and he struggles with the language and culture Angela seems to have forgotten everything about the past and is running with a fast crowd and uickly becoming Americanized But despite the challenges of life without legal documents and Jaime s desperate wish to just go back home news from home dashes those hopes as violence there continues to increase When a mistake leads to legal troubles for Don Vincente their benefactor it is Jaime s sketches that show what it s like to be a good human being no matter what the law says While parts of the story are a bit romanticized and unlikely it still gave me hope that things can change for the better especially because it was the young protagonists who took action when things seemed most hopeless I don t know if the author plans to continue this story but I d certainly be eager to read about this family The book effectively humanizes the plight of many immigrants who didn t necessarily come here willingly but because they had few other choices if they wanted to survive

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Read The Crossroads (The Only Road #2) characters Ë PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Alexandra Diaz Alexandra Diaz ✓ 4 Summary Jaime and Ángela discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States in this timely seuel to the Pura Belpré Honor Book The Only Road After crossing Mexico into the United States Jaime Rivera thinks the worst is over Starting a new school can’t be that bad Except it is and not just because he can barely speak English While his cousin Ángela fits in uickly with new friends and after school activities Jaime struggles with even the idea of calling this stra Truly one of the best and most important seuels to a book ever If I could get every kid and adult to read The Only Road and now The Crossroads I would