Bibliograph

Where we come from, by Oscar Cásares

Type

Label

Where we come from, by Oscar Cásares

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Where we come from

Oclc number

1110142997

Responsibility statement

by Oscar Cásares

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice

Summary

"From a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border have dangerous reputations--on one side, drug cartels; on the other, zealous border patrol agents--and Brownsville is no different. But to twelve-year-old Orly, it's simply where his godmother Nina lives--and where he is being forced to stay the summer after his mother's sudden death. For Nina, Brownsville is where she grew up, where she lost her first and only love, and where she stayed as her relatives moved away and her neighborhood deteriorated. It's the place where she has buried all her secrets--and now she has another: she's providing refuge for a young immigrant boy named Daniel, for whom traveling to America has meant trading one set of dangers for another. Separated from the violent human traffickers who brought him across the border and pursued by the authorities, Daniel must stay completely hidden. But Orly's arrival threatens to put them all at risk of exposure."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification