The Weaver's Daughter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781954213142)

2020 Moonbeam Children's Award winner. "Sometimes people disappear into the North and are never heard from again."When her papá doesn't return, twelve year old Ixchel, a Maya from the Yucatan, resolves to leave home and make her way across the treacherous border into the United States to find him. Chel relies on an inexperienced smuggler and faces unknown dangers in a border tunnel. Frightened but resourceful, she is driven by hope, love for her father, and her dream of going to school."Ixchel's story, told with honesty and sympathy, will stir readers' hearts."-Eve Bunting, award winning author of more than 250 children's books.

Author: Sylvia Patience
ISBN-10: 195421314X
ISBN-13: 9781954213142
Publisher: Desert Palm Press
Language: English
Published: 07/22/2020
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d