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Author Diaz, Alexandra, author.

Title The only road / Alexandra Diaz.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016]

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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  J DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  JF DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J FICTION DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Teen  TWEEN DIA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J F DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J FICTION DIAZ    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's ​Neighbor Collection  J DIAZ    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J FIC DIAZ    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 308, [311] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "A Paula Wiseman Book."
Audience Ages 8-12.
Summary "Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-311).
Summary Everyone in Jaime's small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful gang that's known for violence and drug trafficking. Miguel, Jaime's cousin and best friend, was killed and Jaime fears that he is next. With his cousin Ángela, Jaime must risk everything and flee his home to live with his older brother in New Mexico.
Awards 2017 American Library Association Notable Children's Books; Pura Belpre Award honor, 2017.
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Guatemalan Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Guatemalan Americans -- Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues -- Emigration & Immigration.
JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- Caribbean & Latin America.
JUVENILE FICTION -- Family -- General (see also headings under Social Issues)
Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
Guatemalan Americans. (OCoLC)fst00948856
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
American Library Association Youth Media Award, 2017/Pura Belpre Award: Honor, 2017.
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9781481457507 (hardback)
1481457500 (hardback)
9781481457521 (e-book)
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