Land of the cranes /
Salazar, Aida,
Land of the cranes / by Aida Salazar. - First edition. - 243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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 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.
Ages 8-12. Scholastic. Grades 4-6. Scholastic.
9781338343809 1338343807
2019028949
Mexicans--California--Los Angeles--Juvenile fiction.
Mexicans--United States--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.
Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction.
Undocumented immigrants.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Land of the cranes / by Aida Salazar. - First edition. - 243 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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 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.
Ages 8-12. Scholastic. Grades 4-6. Scholastic.
9781338343809 1338343807
2019028949
Mexicans--California--Los Angeles--Juvenile fiction.
Mexicans--United States--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.
Illegal aliens--Juvenile fiction.
Undocumented immigrants.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.