Borderless (eBook)

Jennifer De Leon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
336 Seiten
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (Verlag)
978-1-6659-0418-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Caught in the crosshairs of gang violence, a teen girl and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US border in this ';engrossing' (Kirkus Reviews) young adult novel from the author of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From.For seventeen-year-old Maya, trashion is her passion, and her talent for making clothing out of unusual objects landed her a scholarship to Guatemala City's most prestigious design school and a finalist spot in the school's fashion show. Mam is her biggest supporter, taking on extra jobs to pay for what the scholarship doesn't cover, and she might be even more excited than Maya about what the fashion show could do for her future career. So when Mam doesn't come to the show, Maya doesn't know what to think. But the truth is worse than she could have imagined. The gang threats in their neighborhood have walked in their front doorwith a boy Maya considered a friend, or maybe even more, among them. After barely making their escape, Maya and her mom have no choice but to continue their desperate flight all the way through Guatemala and Mexico in hopes of crossing the US border. They have to cross. They must cross! Can they?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• ISBN-10: 1-6659-0418-6 / 1665904186
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6659-0418-6 / 9781665904186