Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Format: Book Author: Salazar, Aida, author. Title: The land of the cranes / by Aida Salazar. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. ©2020 Description: 243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm Publication Year: 2020 Summary: Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture poems her father taught her, but each day threatens to further tear her family apart. Target Audience Note: 8-12 Brodart. 3-7 Brodart. Subjects: Mexicans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction. Immigrants -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. Deportation -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. Detention of persons -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. Mexicans -- United States -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Immigrants -- Fiction. Illegal aliens -- Fiction. Deportation -- Fiction. Detention of persons -- Fiction. Novels in verse. Illegal aliens -- Juvenile fiction. JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction. Notes: Publishers Weekly, July 20, 2020 Kirkus Reviews, June 01, 2020 Booklist, September 01, 2020 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, September 01, 2020 LCCN: 2019028949 ISBN: 9781338343809 1338343807 Current Holds: 0 Local Availability:1 (of 1) System Availability:34 (of 36) Control Number: 2025599 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
