Crossing the Wire
by Will Hobbs
Taste attributes: familymonster/alien/supernaturalvehiclesfastlightimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, sweeping family novel, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in an attempt to "cross the wire" from Mexico into the United States so he can find work and send money home.
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- Author
- Will Hobbs
- Published
- 2006
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