Grab Hands and Run

by Frances Temple

Book Overview

An El Salvadorian family flees political oppression in their homeland and takes a perilous journey north, through Mexico to America, where they hope they will find a better life. A 'compelling, provocative, and exciting novel.'--V. 'Details of the brutal realities in El Salvador are dexterously woven into the story of one family's struggle to beat the odds.'--Publishers Weekly. 'Not to be missed.'--H.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064405486
• ISBN13: 9780064405485
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

This movie is da bomb

Andre Zayas April 13, 2005 Afternoon reading lab Grab hands and Run, By: Frances Temple. It is about a boy named Felipe who the military is looking for so they could draft him. The first time they go after him his grandparents hide him so Felipe was safe. His mother comes to pick his little sister and him up and they started to flee to Canada. The first time the military tried to draft Felipe his grandparents hid him so he dodged a bullet there. After that His mother picked him and his sister up and started to flee to Canada. I like this book because it was really interesting the author used Spanish words and had an intense story line. Andre Zayas

A Great Book!

This book is great! I think you can learn a lot from a book likethis because some people think coming here is easy but you find out it's not.Grab Hands and Run is good because it gives lots ofdetails so it's easy to picture the story in your mind. I think the author did a good job by writting this story because it teaches about the lessons in life and how families have to stick together no matter how hard or difficult the problem is.

This was very exciting.

This book entails and discuss hope and how a family sticks together during the hardest times in life. This book also has suspense, espically at the end when the author leaves you in imaging what happend after the book has ended.

Realistic story of Central American refugees journey

It would be difficult to have a hard heart toward refugees after reading "Grab Hands and Run". This book is so well written. Every step along their journey has potential problems and dangers in it, yet somehow they make it from El Salvador to Canada. This book deepened my gratitude for the safety of my own home and the strength of our American democracy. This would be a timely book for children to read, knowing that many people will flee Honduras and Guatamala in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch.