| Into the Beautiful North Contributor(s): Urrea, Luis Alberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316025275 ISBN-13: 9780316025270 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching "The Magnificent Seven, "Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magnificos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008039962 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.28" W x 9.54" (1.24 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Mexican - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 135971 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own Siete Magnv?ficos -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence. |