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
Hen 38
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
Hen 38