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Crossing the wire
Author: Hobbs, Will

Publisher: HarperTrophy (2007)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 216 p., map, 21 cm.

BTSB No: 449011

ISBN: 9780060741402

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
Voyages and travels -- Fiction
Survival skills -- Fiction
Illegal aliens -- Fiction
Mexicans -- United States -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction

Price: $6.55

Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.30
   Points: 8.0   Quiz: 105478

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 4.40
   Points: 13.0   Quiz: 38708

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (03/01/06)
   School Library Journal (00/05/06)
   Booklist (05/01/06)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/07/06)

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