Bibliograph

The distance between us, a memoir, Reyna Grande

Type

Label

The distance between us, a memoir, Reyna Grande

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

Adult, Follett School Solutions

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The distance between us

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Reyna Grande

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.4, 17, 157162

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

When Reyna Grande's father leaves his wife and three children behind in a village in Mexico to make the dangerous trek across the border to the United States, he promises he will soon return from "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) with enough money to build them a dream house where they can all live together. His promises become harder to believe as months turn into years. When he summons his wife to join him, Reyna and her siblings are deposited in the already overburdened household of their stern, unsmiling grandmother. The three siblings are forced to look out for themselves; in childish games they find a way to forget the pain of abandonment and learn to solve very adult problems. When their mother at last returns, the reunion sets the stage for a dramatic new chapter in Reyna's young life: her own journey to "El Otro Lado" to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. -- Jacket, p. [2]

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