The distance between us

Reyna Grande

About this book

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her compelling unvarnished, resonant (BookPage) memoir,The Distance Between Us. When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced to live with their stern grandmother, as they wait for their parents to build the foundation of a new life. But when things don t go quite as planned, Reyna finds herself preparing for her own journey to El Otro Lado to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years: her long-absent father. Both funny and heartbreaking,The Distance Between Us beautifully captures the struggle that Reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture, language, and family life in El Otro Lado (The Other Side).

Subjects

  • abused children
  • abused children -- united states -- biography
  • abused children -- united states -- biography -- juvenile literature
  • biography
  • california -- los angeles
  • childhood and youth
  • emigration and immigration
  • emigration and immigration -- social aspects
  • grande, reyna
  • grande, reyna -- childhood and youth
  • grande, reyna -- childhood and youth -- juvenile literature
  • immigrants
  • immigrants, juvenile literature
  • immigrants -- united states -- biography
  • immigrants -- united states -- biography -- juvenile literature
  • juvenile literature
  • juvenile works
  • los angeles (calif.)
  • los angeles (calif.) -- biography -- juvenile literature
  • los angeles (calif.), juvenile literature
  • mexican americans
  • mexican americans -- biography
  • mexican americans -- biography -- juvenile literature
  • mexican americans -- california -- biography
  • mexican americans -- california -- los angeles -- biography -- juvenile literature
  • mexican american women authors
  • mexican american women authors -- biography
  • mexican american women authors -- biography -- juvenile literature
  • mexico
  • mexico -- emigration and immigration
  • mexico -- emigration and immigration -- social aspects
  • mexico -- emigration and immigration -- social aspects -- juvenile literature
  • mexico, juvenile literature
  • united states
  • united states -- emigration and immigration
  • united states -- emigration and immigration -- social aspects
  • united states -- emigration and immigration -- social aspects -- juvenile literature