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Title: Simplistic
Review: It is an easy read with a fast paced plot, and accesable to upper elementary students. It touches on some very real issues facing the United States today. Still, I feel the book is lacking in many areas.The dialog is unsuccesful at conveying linguistic paterns of Mexican Spanish speakers. They seem to say "sí" to just about everything. The dialog in English is equally problematic because her characters have not embraced the use of contractions. The result sounds stilted and highly uncharacteristic of a person speaking English with a Mexican accent.If children read only one book about the journey of undocumented immigrants I think they will get a very narrow perspective from this book. Very few Mexican immigrants come from Baja California and for most the journey is much more arduos and deadly.Would I recommend the book to children in a classroom? no.
