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Manny Bustos is an orphan, scrabbling for survival on the streets of Juáurez, Mexico. He sleeps in a cardboard box and fights with boys bigger and older than him for the coins American tourists through off the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and his town.

Across the border, Sergeant Robert S. Locke, Vietnam vet and Army prefect, searches for a way to drown the cries for help of his dead friends, and finds it in Cutty Sark whiskey. On the night Manny dares the crossing, through the muddy shallows of the Rio Grande, past searchlights and border patrol, in the hopes of a better life, the two meet in an explosive encounter that fills the night with tension and endless possibilities.
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this book is very emotional and wonderful. its keeps you hanging on the edge of your seat.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780440205821
Author:
Paulsen, Gary
Publisher:
Laurel-Leaf Books
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty
Subject:
Mexico
Subject:
Juveniles
Subject:
Orphans
Subject:
Texas
Subject:
Emotional problems
Subject:
Emotional problems -- Fiction.
Subject:
Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty
Copyright:
1987
Series:
Laurel-leaf books
Series Volume:
103-322
Publication Date:
March 1990
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
6.77x4.18x.40 in. .15 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17
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