Setting miguel and his younger sister elena live with their grandmother on a ranch in the small mexican village san jacinto. Intially i do not know what it was, said a policeman named victor. Fifteenyearold miguel and his thirteenyearold sister, elena, have been waiting to join their parents in california for years when they finally set off from their small, impoverished mexican village. Oct 14, 2009 intially i do not know what it was, said a policeman named victor. When you see the buttons, press one to make a choice. A mexican teen risks everything to emigrate illegally to the u. San jacinto, mexico, desert characterization miguel showed that he was a daredevil by jumping onto a train from somewhere i found the speed i needed. Leicht dahinperlender hintergrundjazz wechselt mit babadabbagesang im stile eines burt bacharach. A portion of their journey is spent in guatemala and mata gente, a dangerous freight train that goes up all the way to the border of california. Until one day during a check point a man from a van said. By lila quintero weaver description from the book jacket. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Apr 01, 2006 a mexican teen risks everything to emigrate illegally to the u. He begins his journey only to find that his sister elena has followed him.
Although the epilogue illuminates their lives as adults, the novel ends abruptly, leaving. Veteran assassin mark shields is hired to track down the head of an elusive drug cartel centered in tijuana, mexico. I grabbed the rung with one hand and elenas with the other pg. The two of them encounter dangers on both sides of the border. In sweden, the character is known as linus, in hungary as meno mano and in germany many have come to call him lui, while to canadians and south africans he is known as mister line. Florida sunshine state young readers award master list, james cook book award nominee 2007, ala best books for young adults 2007, ala popular paperbacks for young adults 2010, young hoosier book award nominee 20082009, texas lone star book 20072008. Aug 18, 2008 this is an interactive animated short film first one on youtube. This is an interactive animated short film first one on youtube. When artist draws a magic line, it takes on a life of its own, becoming a silhouette of a living hottempered person. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
He then was responsible for the safety of him and his sister along this journey. Biding his time for six years in a backwater mexican village, miguel, his younger sister elena and his grandmother survive on money his parents send monthly from california. Fifteenyearold miguel and his thirteenyearold sister, elena, have been waiting. Line wants more things drawn so he can enjoy himself, but the artist loves having fun on mr. She teaches english as a second language to mexicanamerican seventh and eighth graders in salinas, california. Miguel has dreamed of joining his parents in california since the day they left him behind in mexico six years, eleven months, and twelve days ago. The line is a 2009 actioncrime film directed by james cotten.
To hark back to the introduction, miguel is 15 years old p. A gripping contemporary survival adventure, this spare first novel is also a. When miguel, 15, leaves san jacinto, mexico, to join his parents in california, his sister, elena, secretly follows him. This book gives us a vivid picture of what the journey is like. I joined the department two years ago, and i had never heard the word. A gripping contemporary survival adventure, this spare first novel is also a heartwrenching family story of courage, betrayal, and love. He thought he was alone, but his sister ended up tagging along with him on this journey. But miguels carefully laid plans change suddenly when his younger sister elena stows away and follows him.
While not all of those who have made the trip will have seen all of the traumatic events the two young siblings in this book experienced, we can immagine that at least some of these episodes are typical for most of the trips. Its been six years, eleven months and twelve days since i left to go north across. On the morning of his fifteenth birthday, miguels wait is over. It boasts an array of uk debuts, world premieres and rare uk appearances.