Alvarez, Julia 1950- creator text Fiction. nyu New York Yearling Book 2018 monographic eng

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339 pages ; 20 cm. After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders One-Uno: Summer (2005) -- Bad-luck farm -- Queridisima Mama -- Two-Dos: Summer into fall (2005) -- Nameless farm -- Esteemed Mr. President -- Three-Tres: Fall (2005) -- Watched-over farm -- Querida Abuelita -- Four-Cuatro: Late fall (2005) -- Farm of many plots -- Adorada Virgen de Guadalupe -- Five-Cinco: Winter (2005-2006) -- Christmas tears farm -- Querido Tio Felipe -- Six-Seis: And more winter (2006) -- Farm for the lost & found -- Para toda mi familia en Las Margaritas -- Seven-Seis: Almost (2006) -- Interrobang farm -- Queridos Papa, Tio Armando, Ofie, y Luby -- Eight-Ocho: Spring (2006) -- Return-to-Sender farm -- Dear Diary -- Nine-Nueve: Summer again (2006) -- Dear Mari -- Dear Tyler -- Dear readers-Queridos lectores -- A word about the Spanish in English -- Una palabra sobre el espanol en ingles. juvenile Julia Alvarez. Includes reader's guide at the end of the book Pura Belpré Author Award, 2010. Novela juvenil Farm life Fiction Friendship Fiction Migrant labor Fiction Noncitizens Fiction Illegal immigration Fiction Mexicans United States Fiction Vermont Fiction 118 PQ 7409 A473r 2018 9780375851230 0375851232 (pbk.) 2011288643 DLC 110413 20260831150623.0 16733994 eng