The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481463713)

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).

Author: Reyna Grande
ISBN-10: 1481463713
ISBN-13: 9781481463713
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 184114 / Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
School Library Journal 07/01/2016 pg. 98
Booklist 09/01/2016 pg. 96