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Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds. Only 12 men came back out.
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Immigrants in Fiction
National Hispanic Heritage Month (SCPL)
Speed Dating with Books
Unidos: Hispanic Heritage Month (Adult)
National Hispanic Heritage Month (SCPL)
Speed Dating with Books
Unidos: Hispanic Heritage Month (Adult)
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Working in a Mexican taco shop while dreaming of her father in the United States, nineteen-year-old Nayeli struggles with a realization that most of the men in her village have left to pursue work in the north.