Henriquez, Cristina

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 .

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.

9781410474322 (hardcover) 1410474321 (hardcover)

2014030667


Teenagers
Immigrants
Large type books.


Delaware



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