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Título: Devolver al Remitente
Autor: Julia Alvarez
Narrador: Olivia Preciado, Ozzie Rodriguez
Formato: Unabridged
Duración: 8 hrs and 9 mins
Idioma: Español
Fecha de publicación: 09-14-10
Editor: Listening Library
Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 12 votos
Categorías: Kids, Ages 8-10
Resumen del editor:
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?
In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.
Please note: This title is in Spanish.
Opiniones de los miembros:
Wonderful story about a cross-cultural friendship
A wonderful story about a family of dairy farmers in Vermont who hires a trio of Mexican brothers to work at the dairy when the father has an accident and faces the prospect of losing the farm. Told through the eyes of the farmer's son and the daughter of one of the workers, the story describes the growing friendship between the two families as they navigate problems that beset both families.
I read the book in Spanish for a Spanish conversation/book club. Although billed as a book for adolescent readers, it contains a good level of Spanish and many potential topics to discuss.
Devolver al remitente
En pocas palabras, es el primer libro que capta la simbiosis maravillosa entre el trabajador migrante en busca de trabajo lejos de su hogar y la necesidad absoluta del dueño de granjas o ranchos y que no se da a basto para hacer rendir sus tierras. Si la situación economica mundial nos ha llevado a esta necesidad mutua, el verdadero espiritú de ambos pueblos, muy alejado de los prejuicios fabricados por la prensa, los gobiernos y las envidias, sale a relucir en una hermosisisma novela de dos familias que se complementan a pesar de las circunstancias.
A high quality, entertaining read
Beautifully written (we read the Spanish version). Great story written in a real and moving way about an issue that so many Americans (from both north and the south) are dealing with in one way or another. I read this with my son, who is 12, and we had some very interesting discussions. I highly recommend this for teens and their parents as an entertaining way to learn more about the realities of illegal immigration.
There is some idealized rhetoric, but it doesn't ruin the story - it just brings it to a level that middle schoolers and high schoolers can appreciate.
Good story
This is a very appealing story with likeable characters that also helps the reader understand aspects of both cultures. Those on the wrong side of the political issue, however, are just villains who don't get their story told at all. In spite of it being a kid's book, I really enjoyed it.
The story mingles the lives of a diary farm family ...
The story mingles the lives of a diary farm family in Vermont and a family of Mexican immigrants hired to fill a desperate need for workers.
We learn something about the struggles of illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. and the threat they face daily of separation between legal and illegal f
