Border Crossing

by Jessica Lee Anderson

Book Overview

Manz is sure of one thing: he lives on the wrong side of the tracks in dusty Rockhill, Texas. Life is tough for everyone--his hard-drinking mother, her truck-driving boyfriend, even his privileged friend Jed--but especially for Manz, the mixed-race son of migrant apple pickers. If he could only get out of town, his life would be better.

When the summer heat sets in, Manz and Jed take a job rebuilding fence for a cattle ranch...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571316914
• ISBN13: 9781571316912
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10