Where We Come from

by Oscar Cásares

Book Overview

A stunning and timely novel about a Mexican-American family in Brownsville, Texas, that reluctantly becomes involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States.

From a distance, the towns along the U.S.-Mexican border have dangerous reputations--on one side, drug cartels; on the other, zealous border patrol agents--and Brownsville is no different. But to twelve-year-old Orly, it's simply where his godmother Nina lives--and where...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525655433
• ISBN13: 9780525655435
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"