Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border

From award-winning author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Sara Palacios comes Between Us and Abuela, a timely debut picture book about love overcoming the border fences between Mexico and the United States.

It's almost time for Christmas, and Maria is traveling with her mother and younger brother, Juan, to visit their grandmother on the border of California and Mexico.

For the few minutes they can share together along the fence, Maria and her brother plan to exchange stories and Christmas gifts with the grandmother they haven't seen in years. But when Juan's gift is too big to fit through the slats in the fence, Maria has a brilliant idea. She makes it into a kite that soars over the top of the iron bars.

Here is a heartwarming tale of multi-cultural families, and the miracle of love.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 09/10/2019
ISBN: 9780374303730
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/27/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2019
School Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 60
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 33

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 505454 / Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border
Reading Level: 2.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5