Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
4th grader Betita’s family lives a precarious life on the fringes of East LA. One day her father is picked up in and ICE raid and repatriated to Mexico. Months later, when Betita goes with her mother, aunt, and uncle to visit through a chainlink border fence, her uncle makes a mistake and they end up across the border. As they immediately try to return, their papers are challenged and all of them are separated and thrown into Trump detention facilities. How will anyone know about the plight? Who will be able to find and rescue them?
Salazar gives us one of the first fictional looks at life in the ICE detention facilities. Instead of letting us look and learn and process, however, she uses an ongoing crane (the bird) metaphor and free verse for the story – the crane metaphor is unnecessary and I wish the 272 pages were filled with actual prose. I would rate this LOW, but I know that many will want to read this look inside Trump detention camps.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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