Thousands of prices just dropped across Thryft
Our price drop is now live! Find lowered prices on thousands of one-of-a-kind finds across Thryft
Free delivery on all orders above $30
Get 10% off all year round! Join Thryft Club
Get 10% off all year round and $10 off your next order! Join Thryft Club
Buy 3 Get Another Free On All Under S$10
Just Arrived

Return to Sender

Regular price $11.90
Unit price
per

Friendship across borders, fear, and uncertainty

After an accident threatens Tyler’s Vermont family farm, migrant Mexican workers arrive to help save it from foreclosure. As Tyler grows closer to Mari, both families confront questions of legal status, heritage, belonging, and friendship. Julia Alvarez’s hopeful yet unsimplified novel won the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
Just Arrived

Return to Sender

Regular price $11.90
Unit price
per
Condition guide

Special Offer

Buy 3, Get 1 Free On All Items Under S$10

Add 4 items under S$10 to your cart and the cheapest one is on us.

ISBN: 9780375851230
Authors: Julia Alvarez
Publisher: Yearling
Date of Publication: 2010-09-14
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Picture Books, Young Readers, Educational
Related Topics: Love, Family, Emotion, Realistic Fiction

Description

An award-winning, moving, and timely story about the families of undocumented workers by renowned author Julia Alvarez. After Tyler’s father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected to her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences? In a novel full of hope, but with no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it. Winner of the Pura Belpré Award, Winner of the Américas Award, An NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. “A must-read.” — Kirkus Reviews “Communicates in compassionate and expressive prose the more difficult points of perhaps the most pressing social issue of our day.” — San Antonio Express-News “This timely novel, torn right from the newspaper headlines, conveys a positive message of cooperation and understanding.” — School Library Journal “The plot is purposive, with messages about the historical connections between migrant workers today and the Indians’ displacement, the Underground Railroad, and earlier immigrants seeking refuge. . . . The questions raised about the meaning of patriotism will spark debate.” — Booklist “A tender, well-constructed book.” — Publishers Weekly
 

Friendship across borders, fear, and uncertainty

After an accident threatens Tyler’s Vermont family farm, migrant Mexican workers arrive to help save it from foreclosure. As Tyler grows closer to Mari, both families confront questions of legal status, heritage, belonging, and friendship. Julia Alvarez’s hopeful yet unsimplified novel won the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

You might enjoy this if…

View book details