ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Books, American Library Association (ALA)
Notable Books for Global Society, International Literacy Association (ILA)
Pura Belpr Award, American Library Association (ALA)
Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish, Bank Street College of Education
A 2023 Pura Belpr Illustrator Award Honor
In the first children's book to describe the long-forgotten chapter of US history known as Mexican Repatriation, a boy and his family leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government.
En el primer libro infantil que describe el captulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriacin Mexicana, un nio y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno.
Faced with the prospect of being separated from each other, a young boy and his family make the difficult decision to leave their home and begin a journey filled with uncertainty. On the road, they meet other people like them. Families with deep roots tied to the land. Others that helped build the railroads. Some were shop owners and factory workers. Each with similar hopes and dreams.
Historians estimate that between 1930 and 1940, two million people living in the United States were forcibly removed and sent to live in Mexico. Telling this story from a child's perspective, award-winning author Claudia Guadalupe Martnez lyrically recounts this often-overlooked period of United States history--Mexican Repatriation. Emotive illustrations by Magdalena Mora convey this poignant tale of longing for home and permanence, which reflects many of the dreams and hopes of people today.
Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un nio y su familia toman la difcil decisin de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se encuentran con otras personas como ellos. Familias con races profundas atadas a la tierra. Otros que ayudaron a construir los ferrocarriles. Algunos eran dueos de tiendas y trabajadores de fbricas. Cada uno con esperanzas y sueos similares.
Los historiadores estiman que entre 1930 y 1940, dos millones de personas que vivan en los Estados Unidos fueron sacadas a la fuerza y enviadas a vivir aMxico. Contando esta historia desde la perspectiva de un nio, la galardonada autora Claudia Guadalupe Martnez relata lricamente este perodo de la historia de los Estados Unidos a menudo pasado por alto: La Repatriacin Mexicana. Las emotivas ilustraciones de Magdalena Mora transmiten esta conmovedora historia de aoranza por el hogar y la permanencia, que refleja muchos de los sueos y esperanzas de la gente de hoy.