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The far away brothers two teenage immigrants making a life in America

Identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores, seventeen, must flee El Salvador, make a harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, face capture by immigration authorities, and struggle to navigate life in America.

Main Author: Markham, Lauren (Author)
Other Authors: Markham, Lauren.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, [2019]
Edition: Young adult adaptation first edition.
Subjects:
Flores, Ernesto, > 1997- > Young adult fiction.
Flores, Raul, > 1997- > Young adult fiction.
Salvadorans > California > Oakland > Biography > Young adult fiction.
Salvadoran Americans > California > Oakland > Biography > Young adult fiction.
Illegal immigration > United States > Biography > Young adult fiction.
Refugees > California > Oakland > Social conditions > Young adult fiction.
Unaccompanied immigrant children > United States > Young adult fiction.
Twin brothers > Biography > Young adult fiction.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Young adult fiction.
El Salvador > Emigration and immigration > Young adult fiction.
Summary: Identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores, seventeen, must flee El Salvador, make a harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, face capture by immigration authorities, and struggle to navigate life in America.
Item Description: Adapted from a work of the same title published for adults in 2017 by Crown.
Physical Description: xv, 265 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index.
ISBN: 9781984829771
1984829777
9781984829788
1984829785
Author Notes: Lauren Markham is a writer based in Berkeley, California, focusing on issues related to youth, migration, the environment, and her home state of California. Her work has appeared in outlets such as Harper's, the New Republic, Orion, the Guardian, the New York Times, and VQR, where she is a contributing editor. Lauren earned her MFA in Fiction Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. For over a decade, she has worked in the fields of refugee resettlement and immigrant education.

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