The Weaver'S Daughter - 9781954213142

2020 Moonbeam Children's Award winner. "Sometimes people disappear into the North and are never heard from again."When her papá doesn't return, twelve year old Ixchel, a Maya from the Yucatan, resolves to leave home and make her way across the treacherous border into the United States to find him. Chel relies on an inexperienced smuggler and faces unknown dangers in a border tunnel. Frightened but resourceful, she is driven by hope, love for her father, and her dream of going to school."Ixchel's story, told with honesty and sympathy, will stir readers' hearts."-Eve Bunting, award winning author of more than 250 children's books.

• | Author: Sylvia Patience
• | Publisher: Desert Palm Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 22, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 194 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 195421314X
• | ISBN-13: 9781954213142