Henriquez, Cristina   <br/><br/>
Book of unknown Americans  
 The book of unknown Americans  
Cristina Henriquez 
 - Large print edition. 
 - Farmington Hills, Mich.  Thorndike Press  2014 
 - 407 pages (large print)   23 cm. 
 - Thorndike Press large print core .
<br/><br/> After their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave Mexico and come to America. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complex just off a highway in Delaware, they discover that Maribel's recovery -- the piece of the American Dream on which they've pinned all their hopes -- will not be easy. Every task seems to confront them with language, racial, and cultural obstacles. At Redwood also lives Mayor Toro, a high school sophomore whose family arrived from Panama fifteen years ago. Mayor sees in Maribel something others do not: that beyond her lovely face, and beneath the damage she's sustained, is a gentle, funny, and wise spirit. But as the two grow closer, violence casts a shadow over all their futures in America. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781410474322 (hardcover) 1410474321 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014030667 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Teenagers<br/>Immigrants<br/>Large type books.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Delaware
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<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Hen   38