The Distance Between Us - by Reyna Grande (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her "compelling...unvarnished, resonant" (<i>BookPage</i>) memoir, <i>The Distance Between Us</i>.</b> <p/>When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced to live with their stern grandmother, as they wait for their parents to build the foundation of a new life. <p/>But when things don't go quite as planned, Reyna finds herself preparing for her own journey to "El Otro Lado" to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years: her long-absent father. Both funny and heartbreaking, <i>The Distance Between Us </i>beautifully captures the struggle that Reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture, language, and family life in El Otro Lado (The Other Side).<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Reyna Grande is an award-winning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. As a girl, she crossed the US-México border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled in <i>The Distance Between Us</i>, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novels <i>Across a Hundred Mountains</i> and <i>Dancing with Butterflies</i>, and the memoirs <i>The Distance Between Us: Young Reader's Edition</i> and<i> A Dream Called Home</i>. She lives in Woodland, California, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for more information.
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