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Author Gerster, Michelle, 1979- author.

Title Travesia : a migrant girl's cross-border journey = el viaje de una joven migrante / as told to/como se lo contaron a Michelle Gerster ; illustrated by/ilustrado por Fiona Dunnett.

Publication Info. Vancouver, BC, Canada : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2076011~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction Graphic Novels  GN 305.2352089 GER    AVAILABLE
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Description 51 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary "A . . . bilingual YA . . . memoir about a teenage girl's . . . experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This . . . young adult . . . [illustrated] memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their . . . journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will America be the country of dreams like they imagined? Or will adjusting to their new life in California be another type of struggle for Gricelda and her family? With . . . illustrations inspired by the graffiti and stencil art prevalent during the 2006 political uprising in Oaxaca, as well as local textiles and embroidery"--Provided by publisher.
Note Translated from the English.
Story based on the experiences of Gricelda, told to Michelle Gerster.
Subject Gricelda.
Border crossing -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Teenage immigrants -- Mexico -- Biography.
Teenage immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
Teenage girls.
Teenage immigrants.
Mexicans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Social conditions.
Bilingual materials -- Spanish and English.
Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.
Genre Illustrated works.
Biographies.
Graphic novels.
Added Author Gricelda, author.
Dunnett, Fiona, 1982- illustrator.
Added Title Migrant girl's cross-border journey
Viaje de una joven migrante
ISBN 9781551528366
1551528363
9781713750826
1713750821
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