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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–6—Sylvia Mendez is excited to be living on a rented southern California farm where her father is the boss instead of a field hand. She dreams of her first day of third grade at Westminster School and is devastated when her aunt is told that she and her siblings cannot register. They have to go to the Hoover School next to the barrio since they are "Mexican." That Sylvia is America...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In WWII-era California, Aki and her Japanese family are sent to an internment camp. Sylvia and her Latino family lease Aki's farm, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
