Where we come from

Cásares, Oscar 1964- (author.).

Summary: A Mexican-American family in a Texas border town reluctantly become involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. 12-year-old Orly's father Victor is making him spend the summer in Brownsville, Texas, with his godmother, Nina. Victor thinks it will do Orly good to know about his less-privileged roots. Nina has spent her life following rules and sacrificing her own desires for others' needs. When a single act of kindness toward her desperate Mexican cleaning lady begins to spiral out of control, Nina risks exposure not only from her curious godson and controlling brother, but from ruthless human traffickers and the police.

Item details

ISBN: 9780525655435
ISBN: 0525655433
ISBN: 9780525655442
Physical Description: print
256 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Contents / Notes

General Note:

"Borzoi books."

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Subject:

Human smuggling Fiction
Families Fiction
Mexican Americans Fiction
Brownsville (Tex.) Fiction
FICTION Family Life
FICTION Literary
Texas Brownsville
Mexican Americans
Human smuggling
Families
Mexican Americans Fiction
Immigration and emigration Fiction
Sponsors Fiction
Brownsville (Tex.) Fiction

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Fiction.
Novels.
Novels.

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