Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780802855459)

On May 27, 1937, over four hundred children sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War. Home was no longer safe, and Mexico was welcoming refugees by the thousands. Each child packed a suitcase and boarded the Mexique, expecting to return home in a few months. This was just a short trip, an extra-long summer vacation, they thought. But the war did not end in a few months, and the children stayed, waiting and wondering, in Mexico. When the war finally ended, a dictator--the Fascist Francisco Franco--ruled Spain. Home was even more dangerous than before.

This moving book invites readers onto the Mexique with the "children of Morelia," many of whom never returned to Spain during Franco's almost forty-year regime. Poignant and poetically told, Mexique opens important conversations about hope, resilience, and the lives of displaced people in the past and today.

Author: María José Ferrada
ISBN-10: 0802855458
ISBN-13: 9780802855459
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2020
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 9.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516628 / Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2020
Booklist 09/01/2020 pg. 105
Publishers Weekly 09/28/2020
Foreword 10/26/2020
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2021 pg. 127
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average