Crossing the Wire

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Hardcover
Author: Will Hobbs
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publish Date: April 2006
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.3
EAN: 9780060741389

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Overview

In this riveting, action-packed novel from award-winning author Will Hobbs, a teenage boy hoping to help his loved ones must fight for his life as he makes the dangerous journey across the Mexican border into the United States.

When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in an attempt to “cross the wire” from Mexico into America so he can find work and help ease the finances at home.

But with no coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal workers across the border, Victor struggles to survive as he jumps trains, stows away on trucks, and hikes grueling miles through the Arizona desert.

Victor’s passage is fraught with freezing cold, scorching heat, hunger, and dead ends. It’s a gauntlet run by many attempting to cross the border, but few make it. Through Victor’s desperate perseverance, Will Hobbs brings to life a story that is true for many, polarizing for some, but life-changing for all who read it.

Acclaim for Crossing the Wire includes the following: New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, Junior Library Guild Selection, Americas Awards Commended Title, Heartland Award, Southwest Book Award, and Notable Books for Global Society.

Details

Pages: 224
Dimensions: 8.56 x 6.04 x 0.84 in
Lexile Score: 670
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 8
ISBN: 0060741384

Awards

2010 Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2010 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-8)
2009 Golden Sower Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2009 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee (Tween)
2009 Iowa Teen Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2009 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2008 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2008 Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's Book)
2008 Heartland Award - Winner (Young Adult)
2008 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Junior Book)
2008 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee (Grades 6-9)
2006 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Commended (Children/Young Adult)