El Nico Camino (the Only Road) by Alexandra Diaz
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En esta absorbente y emocionante novela juvenil, Jaime de doce anos emprende el peligroso y traicionero viaje que le transforma su vida de su hogar en Guatemala a Estados Unidos para vivir con su hermano mayor.
Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this gripping and realistic middle grade novel.
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 pequeno 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 trafico de drogas. Aquellos que rehusan trabajar para ellos son atacados o asesinados como Miguel. Jaime y su prima Angela, la hermana de Miguel, temen que ellos van a ser los proximos. 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 Mexico.
IInspirada en hechos actuales, "El unico destino" es la historia de un nino que siente que abandonar su hogar y emprender est"a "travesia es su unica oportunidad para tener mejor calidad de vida. Es una historia de panico y de valentia, de amor y de perdida, donde personas extranas se convierten en familia en el viaje peligroso que le cambia la vida a un nino.
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."
About the Author: Alexandra Diaz es la autora del libro" Of All the Stupid Things "que estuvo en el ALA Rainbow List y que fue finalista en el New Mexico Book Award. Alexandra es la hija de refugiados cubanos y vive en Santa Fe, Nuevo Mexico. Obtuvo su maestria, con una especializacion de escritora para personas jovenes en Bath Spa University en Inglaterra. Espanol e ingles son sus idiomas nativos. Actualmente Alexandra ensena como escribir ficcion a adultos y a adolescentes. Su direccion de internet es Alexandra-Diaz.com.
Alexandra Diaz is the author of "Of All the Stupid Things," which was a ALA Rainbow List book and a New Mexico Book Award finalist. Alexandra is the daughter of Cuban refugees and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but got her MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University in England. A native Spanish speaker, Alexandra now teaches creative writing to adults and teens. Visit her online at Alexandra-Diaz.com."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780606394925
  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 322 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0606394923
  • Publisher Date: 06 Dec 2016
  • Height: 188 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 127 mm


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