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"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."--Booklist, starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful."--Alan Gratz, New York Timesbestselling author of Refugee It is 1913,...
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"Es 1913 y la mam̀ de Petra Luna, una nįa de doce ąos, ha muerto mientras la Revoluci̤n hace estragos en M̌xico. Antes de que los soldados se llevaran a su pap̀, Petra le promete que cuidar̀ de la familia que le queda: su abuelita, su hermana pequęa Amelia y su hermanito Luisito, hasta que puedan reunirse con ̌l. Juntos huyen hacia el norte mientras arde la ciudad que dejaron atr̀s, y cruzan el desierto cruel e inhumano en busca de un refugio...
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