A twelve-year-old Jose Maldonado used to dream of becoming a fine artist. Now all he worries about is survival. Since his mother died and his father left for work in the U.S., he’s been on his own in Mexico. But when at last it’s time to reunite with his father in the U.S., everything goes wrong.
- ISBN: 9780152050375
- Author: Taylor, Theodore
- Published: 2003 , Harcourt
- Themes: Mexican Americans, Migrant laborers
- Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latinx in US, Mexico, Realistic Fiction, United States
- No. of pages: 167