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El único destino / Alexandra Diaz ; [traducido por Alexandra Diaz y Lillian Corvison].

Diaz, Alexandra, (author.). Corvison, Lillian, (translator.). Diaz, Alexandra. Translation of (work): Only road. (Added Author).

Summary:

Jaime esta sentado en su cama dibujando cuando oye un grito. Sabe inmediatamente que su primo hermano y mejor amigo, Miguel, esta muerto. Todos en el pequeño pueblo de Guatemala donde Jaime vive conocen a alguien que ha sido asesinado por los Alfas, una pandilla poderosa que es conocida por su violencia y por el tráfico de drogas. Aquellos que rehúsan trabajar para ellos son atacados o asesinados como Miguel. Jaime y su prima Ángela, la hermana de Miguel, temen que ellos van a ser los próximos. Solamente hay un camino para ambos. Deben de salir huyendo de su hogar en Guatemala para irse a vivir con el hermano mayor de Jaime en Nuevo México. Inspirada en hechos actuales, El único destino es la historia de un niño que siente que abandonar su hogar y emprender est a travesía es su única oportunidad para tener mejor calidad de vida. Es una historia de pánico y de valentía, de amor y de pérdida, donde personas extrañas se convierten en familia en el viaje peligroso que le cambia la vida a un niño.
Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead. Everyone in Jaime's small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that's known for violence and drug trafficking. Anyone who refuses to work for them is hurt or killed--like Miguel. With Miguel gone, Jaime fears that he is next. There's only one choice: accompanied by his cousin Angela, Jaime must flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico. Inspired by true events, The Only Road is an individual story of a boy who feels that leaving his home and risking everything is his only chance for a better life. It is a story of fear and bravery, love and loss, strangers becoming family, and one boy's treacherous and life-changing journey

Record details

  • ISBN: 1481484419
  • ISBN: 1481484427
  • ISBN: 9781481484411
  • ISBN: 9781481484428
  • Physical Description: 312 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: Primera edición.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Paula Wiseman book."
"Traducido por Alexandra Diaz y Lillian Corvison"--Title page verso.
Translation of: The only road.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312).
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 10 185810.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 10 185810.
Language Note:
Text in Spanish, translated from English.

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Subject:
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Guatemalan Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Genre:
Fiction.

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