Into the Beautiful North (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316025263)

This powerful novel from a bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of a young woman's journey--both emotionally and physically--as she travels north to America.

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own "Siete Magnv?ficos" -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over.

Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.

Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
ISBN-10: 0316025267
ISBN-13: 9780316025263
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2010
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.22h x 6.18w x 0.98d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135971 / Into the Beautiful North