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      The Crossing

      by Gary Paulsen
      Published
      Jan 1987
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      From the Newbery Award–winning, New York Times–bestselling author of Northwind. "A stark, moving portrait of Mexican poverty and street life." —School Library Journal

      Fourteen-year-old Manny is an orphan in Juarez, Mexico. He competes with his bigger, meaner rivals for the coins American tourists throw off the bridge between Texas and his town. Across that heavily guarded bridge await a different world and a better existence.


      On the night when Manny dares the crossing—through the muddy shallows of the Rio Grande, past the searchlights and the border patrol—the young man encounters an old stranger who could prove to be an ally or an enemy. Manny can't tell for certain. But if he is to achieve his dream, then he must be willing to risk everything—even his life.

      "Paulsen . . . is skilled at pace, incident and characterization, and he uses them to pull the reader to the memorable—and powerful—last scene . . . A book for older children and teenagers who will not want to put it down." —Kirkus Reviews
      "Any work by such a proficient writer, who invokes a powerful sense of the tragic in readers young and old, is welcome indeed." —Publishers Weekly

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      General Fiction

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      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      Mar 1990 Laurel Leaf ISBN13 9780440205821 ISBN10 0440205824
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