Crossing the Wire
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When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in a desperate attempt to "cross the wire" from Mexico into the United States so he can find work and send money home. But with no "coyote money" to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal workers across the border, Victor must struggle to survive as he jumps trains, stows away on trucks, and hi... More
Book Information
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Binding | Hardcover (9 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 224 |
ISBN-10 | 0060741384 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0060741389 |
Publication Date | 04/04/2006 |
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