About this title: After her father is killed in a fishing accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's mother makes a difficult decision. Lupita and her big brother, Salvador, must try to cross the border into America to earn money to support their young brothers and sisters. America turns out not to be the land of opportunity they had hoped.
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Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Fair. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2000-10-31
ISBN-13:9780380732470ISBN:0380732475
Description: Good. Softcover in good condition. Visible wear and signs of use from previous ownership. May have writing or highlighting on the inside pages. Sold as a reading/reference copy, and priced accordingly. read more
"After their fathers death Lupita and Salvador Torres are left in charge of taking care of their younger sibligs, so they are somehow forced by their mother to com to the United States for a better living. Once they have crossed the border they seem to be in a diffrent world, not knowing the language, the American work/money, etc. The first job they got was lupita as a motel chambermaid and salvador as a dishwasher, later we find out that someone had called immigratin so the kids have to flee. Going to find their aunt. When they had found her, Salvador and lupita where not welcomed at their aunts house but when started looking for a job they had to pay for rent and food n order for them to live with her. Working in the fields was not what they had in mind, getting payed less than they did at the hotel but as long as they had money to send to their mother it was alright. At the end Salvador ends up not the way anybody would like their kid to be like. The stress of taking care of the family and working long hours has made salvador a "rebel" guy. While at a dance, immigrationcomes luckily Lupita is able to escape but Salvador isn't. One night Irela, Lupita's coisin comes to bed with her and starts teaching english to Lupita."
"Lupita Manana is a book about immigration. The setting takes place in Mexico and New York. The main characters are Lupita, Salvador. And the other characters are Caramela, Captin Ortega, Uncle Consuelo, Dorotea and Aunt Consuelo. This is a pretty good book because if you want to learn Spanish words, it tells you them in the book.
Captin Ortega sends his son named Paco to Senor Aguilars hotel to get Lupita's mama{Caramela}. Paco informs Caramela that her husband has died because of a bad weather. Caramela tells Lupita and Salvador that their father has died but she doesn't tell the younger siblings. Lupita and Salvador go to Captin Ortega's ship to get some coins that belonged to their Papa. Captin Ortega threw the coins at them and Lupita had to pick them up. Caramela tells Lupita and Salvador that they must go to New York to pay the money lender. They first time that they cross the border, they sneak, but they get caught by La Migra. Then Salvador find a friend who will cross them, but Salvador must give him his father's cross and a little money. They sneak on a car and train and made it to Conston. They find this job at a restaurant, but they only get paid $2.25 They went to their Aunt Consuelo's house, but her aunt had told them that they couldn't let them stay there and that they could not give them any money. But then she made up her mind. She let them stay there but Lupita and Salvador had to buy the groceries and pay half of the rent. Later they started working with his uncle in the fields. Salvador found this friend named Lucky. Lucky invited them to a ball. At the ball came La Migra, where they saw Salvador and took him back to Mexico. Luckily Lupita escaped and goes tell her Aunt Consuela and her uncle tells her that Salvador will make his way back.
This book is a very detailed story. I love details so I rated this book a 5 star."
"This is an amaizing book. It shows how a child and her brother end up crossing the border from Mexico to America. I is very intresting how every thing turns out in the end but this is a very well written book."
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