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Caravana al Norte: La larga caminata de Misael by Jorge Argueta 9781773063324

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Este hermoso y poetico relato de un nino que viaja en una caravana desde El Salvador hacia la frontera de los Estados Unidos, ofrece una necesaria y elocuente vision que contrarresta las mentiras que se escuchan acerca de los inmigrantes centroamericanos cuya unica opcion es abandonar sus amadas tierras natales.

Esta novela en verso es un poderoso relato en primera persona. Cuenta la historia de Misael Martinez, un nino salvadoreno cuya familia se une a la caravana que viaja al Norte, hacia los Estados Unidos. Nos muestra muchas de las razones que hacen que personas sientan la necesidad de irse, la esperanza que se esconde detras de esta decision, y la terrible tristeza de abandonar sus hogares. Es un aprendizaje sobre lo largo y arduo del viaje pero tambien sobre la bondad de aquellos que los ayudan a lo largo del camino.

Cuando la caravana finalmente llega a Tijuana, Misael y los que lo acompanan se sienten aliviados. Piensan que han alcanzado la meta del viaje de entrar a los Estados Unidos. Pero enseguida el gas lacrimogeno, las protestas cargadas de odio, la fuerza bruta y el miedo caen sobre esta gente tan vulnerable. La frontera sigue cerrada. El libro termina con Misael sonando con El Salvador.

Esta hermosa y relevante historia esta escrita en el verso accesible y poetico de Jorge Argueta, el galardonado autor de Somos como las nubes / We are Like the Clouds. El premiado ilustrador mexicano Manuel Monroy ilumina la travesia de Misael. El libro incluye una nota final del autor y un mapa que ilustra la ruta de la caravana.

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author's note
map
illustrations



About the Author
JORGE ARGUETA, a Pipil Nahua Indian from El Salvador and Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, is a prize-winning author of more than twenty children's books. His book Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and was named to USBBY's Outstanding International Books List, ALA Notable Children's Books and the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices. Jorge is the founder of the International Children's Poetry Festival Manyula and the Library of Dreams, a non-profit organization that promotes literacy in El Salvador. Jorge divides his time between San Francisco, California, and El Salvador. MANUEL MONROY is one of Mexico's most celebrated illustrators who has exhibited his art internationally. He has won the A la Orilla del Viento and the Noma Concours Encouragement Prize, and he has been included on the IBBY Honour List. He lives in Mexico City.

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The award-winning Salvadoran writer Argueta offers a brief but powerful novel in verse. ... [His] spare text is given emotional potency through Misael's observations of the members of the caravan ... * Booklist *
Deceptively simple black-and-white line drawings accompany this wrenching account of the humanitarian crisis taking place in Central America and at the U.S. border. ... This moving work should help children understand the current national discussion. * Kirkus Reviews *



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ISBN 9781773063324
Author Jorge Argueta
Format Hardback
Page Count 112
Imprint Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Publisher Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Weight(grams) 308g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 140mm * 12mm

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