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Land of the cranes
Author: Salazar, Aida

Publisher: Scholastic Press (2020)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 243 p., ill., 20 cm

BTSB No: 774628

ISBN: 9781338343809

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Novels in verse
Mexicans -- United States -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Immigrants -- Fiction
Illegal aliens -- Fiction
Deportation -- Fiction
Detention of persons -- Fiction
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction

Price: $23.08

Summary:
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp.

Illustrator:

Quang & Lien

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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.10
   Points: 3.0   Quiz: 510231

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Kirkus Reviews (+) (06/01/20)
Booklist (09/01/20)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (00/09/20)
The Hornbook (00/07/20)

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