Return to Sender
by:
Julia Alvarez (author)
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest,...
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After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.From the Hardcover edition.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375851230 (0375851232)
ASIN: 375851232
Publish date: September 14th 2010
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
This novel adds a human face to the immigration debate here in the United States. Told through the eyes of ll-year olds Tyler and Mari, the story will cause readers to empathize with the plight of Mari's family while grappling with the difficult solutions needed to reform current immigration policie...
Clearly I wasn't in the right mood for this. I found myself annoyed by the grand farming tradition being solely masculine, and by the letters from the heroine to her mom. Perhaps another time.