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Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us—“an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children” (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced to live with their stern grandmother, as they wait for their parents to build the foundation of a new life. But when things don’t go quite as planned, Reyna finds herself preparing for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years: her long-absent father. Both funny and heartbreaking, The Distance Between Us sheds light on the immigrant experience beautifully capturing the struggle that Reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture, language, and family life in El Otro Lado (The Other Side).

Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen-- This unique collection features 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artworks by migrants, refugees, and Dreamers, including award-winning writers, artists, and activists, shedding light on the experience of living undocumented today. Amid the heated immigration debate, the humanity of those affected often gets overlooked. Immigrants and refugees in the U.S. are not just statistics; they are individuals—mothers, fathers, children, neighbors—driven by hope and fear, risking everything for a better life. This anthology aims to transform the immigration discourse, which is frequently marred by stereotypes and xenophobia, into one grounded in humanity and justice. Through their storytelling and art, the contributors emphasize their shared humanity, offering deep insights into their lives before and after migration, the emotional toll of leaving their homelands, and their aspirations for a future free from borders. Created entirely by undocumented or formerly undocumented individuals, this collection captures the memories and yearnings of those newly arrived, those who have lived in America for years, and those who have faced deportation. Addressing themes of race, class, gender, and more, it illustrates how joy, hope, and resilience can flourish even in the most challenging circumstances.

"Across a Hundred Mountains" is a stunning and poignant story of migration, loss, and discovery as two women -- one born in Mexico, one in the United States -- find their lives joined in the most unlikely way.After a tragedy separates her from her mother, Juana Garcia leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his home and family two years before to find work in America, "el otro lado," and rise above the oppressive poverty so many of his countrymen endure.Out of money and in need of someone to help her across the border, Juana meets Adelina Vasquez, a young woman who left her family in California to follow her lover to Mexico. Finding each other -- in a Tijuana jail -- in desperate circumstances, they offer each other much needed material and spiritual support and ultimately become linked forever in the most unexpected way.The phenomenon of Mexican immigration to the United States is one of the most controversial issues of our time. While it is often discussed in terms of the political and economic implications, Grande, with this brilliant debut novel and her own profound insider's perspective, puts a human face on the subject. Who are the men, women, and children whose lives are affected by the forces that propel so many to risk life and limb, crossing the border in pursuit of a better life?Take the journey "Across a Hundred Mountains" and see.

"A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--

Una guerra olvidada. Un romance inolvidable. En 1846, tras la controvertida anexión de Texas, el ejército de EE. UU. avanza hacia México por la disputada frontera del Río Grande. Ximena Salomé, una talentosa curandera mexicana, sueña con formar una familia en su tierra. Sin embargo, su vida cambia drásticamente cuando los Texas Rangers asaltan su rancho y asesinan a su esposo. Prometiendo honrar su memoria y defender su país, Ximena se convierte en enfermera del ejército en el frente de la guerra. Por otro lado, John Riley, un inmigrante irlandés en el ejército yanqui, se siente asqueado por la guerra injusta y las atrocidades contra sus compatriotas. En un acto de desafío, cruza el Río Grande y se une al ejército mexicano, deserción que puede costarle la vida. Forma el Batallón de San Patricio, un grupo de soldados irlandeses dispuestos a luchar por la libertad de México. Cuando Ximena y John se encuentran, surge una peligrosa atracción entre ellos. A medida que la guerra se intensifica, también lo hace su pasión. Arrastrados por fuerzas que pueden cambiar la historia, luchan no solo por el destino de una nación, sino también por su futuro juntos. La saga de Reyna Grande, inspirada en hechos reales, da vida a estos personajes inolvidables y resalta un momento olvidado en la historia que aún impacta la frontera entre EE. UU. y México. ¿Sobrevivirán al caos de la guerra, o su amor será devorado junto con la tierra que defienden