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Two white rabbits

A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars...

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Main Author: Buitrago, Jairo (Author)
Other Authors: Amado, Elisa (Translator), Yockteng, Rafael (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Toronto : Groundwood Books / House of Anansi, 2015.
Subjects:
Rabbits > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
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"Where are we going?" I ask sometimes, but no one answers. We wait by the side of the highway. We aren't traveling right now. There is a boy. I count -- one -- there isn't any other. Papá works while we wait like we do almost every day. The boy stays with me. We count the cars that are going by, the dogs that are going by, but I don't think the boy knows how to count very well. I show him my clouds. The ones that have shapes. And he shows me his box. There are two white rabbits in it. Excerpted from Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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