Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.

• ISBN: 9780440205821
• Author: Paulsen, Gary
• Published: 1990 , Laurel Leaf
• Themes: American history, border crossing, Friendship, Soldiers, Survive
• Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mexico, Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 128