Two white rabbits / Jairo Buitrago ; pictures by Rafael Yockteng ; translated by Elisa Amado.

In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Dos conejos blancos. English
MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Buitrago, Jairo (Author)
Other Authors: Amado, Elisa (Translator)
Yockteng, Rafael (Illustrator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Translated from the Spanish.
Published: Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2015.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Counting > Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Noncitizens > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Rabbits > Juvenile fiction.
Unauthorized immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Noncitizens.
Counting > Fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Noncitizens > Fiction.
Undocumented Immigrants.
Calcul > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Émigration et immigration > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Pères et filles > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Immigration clandestine > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Immigrants clandestins.
JUVENILE FICTION > People & Places > Mexico.
Counting.
Emigration and immigration.
Fathers and daughters.
Immigrants.
Rabbits.
Immigration and emigration > Fiction.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
Fictional Work.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Romans.
Livres d'images.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Picture books for children.
Picture books.
Fictional Work.
Juvenile works.
Romans.
Livres d'images.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey. As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the arduous journey to the U.S. border in search of a better life, this is an important book that shows a young migrant's perspective. -- From amazon.com.
Call Number:Buitrago
FC
Audience:
AD490L lexile.
Awards:Américas Award commended title, 2016
NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Recommended Book, 2016.
ISBN:1554987415
9781554987412
Reading Program:
Accelerated Reader LG 1.9 0.5.
Accelerated Reader LG 1.9 0.5 0.5 177792
Additional Physical Form:
Issued also in electronic format.