| Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico Contributor(s): Alegria, Malin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689878125 ISBN-13: 9780689878121 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Although 17-year-old Sofi Mendoza was born in Mexico, she's lived in California for most of her life. But while on a spring-break trip to Tijuana with her friends, Sofi gets an unexpected crash course in local culture and learns she is not a U.S. citizen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Mexico - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006052264 |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.54" W x 8.18" (0.63 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 116401 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do you guys have Internet?...How about TiVo?...You do get American TV? The house was dark. Wait a minute -- do they even have electricity? Even though Sofi Mendoza was born in Mexico, she's spent most of her life in California -- the closest she gets to a south-of-the-border experience is eating at Taco Bell. But when Sofi and her friends sneak off for a weekend in Tijuana, she gets in real trouble. To Sofi's shock, the border patrol says that her green card is counterfeit. Until her parents can sort out the paperwork and legal issues, Sofi is stuck in Mexico. In the meantime, Sofi's parents arrange for her to stay with long-lost relatives in rural Baja. It's bad enough that Sofi has to miss senior prom and even graduation, but her aunt, uncle, and cousins live on a ranch with no indoor plumbing As the weeks pass, though, she finds herself adapting to her surroundings. Sofi starts helping out on the ranch, getting along with her bratty cousins, and she even meets a guy with more potential than anyone from school. Through the unexpected crash course in her heritage, Sofi comes to appreciate that she has a home on both sides of the border. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alegria, Malin: - Malín Alegría is the author of Estrella's Quinceañera. She is an accomplished educator, dancer, and actress who has cowritten and performed in several stage plays. Ms. Alegría lives in San Francisco. |