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    Land of the Cranes (Scholastic Gold)
    Land of the Cranes (Scholastic Gold)
    Land of the Cranes (Scholastic Gold)
    Audiobook2 hours

    Land of the Cranes (Scholastic Gold)

    Written by Aida Salazar

    Narrated by Dani Gonzalez

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    About this audiobook

    From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees.

    Nine-year-old Betita knows she is a crane. Papi has told her the story, even before her family fled to Los Angeles to seek refuge from cartel wars in Mexico. The Aztecs came from a place called Aztlan, what is now the Southwest US, called the land of the cranes. They left Aztlan to establish their great city in the center of the universe-Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City. It was prophesized that their people would one day return to live among the cranes in their promised land. Papi tells Betita that they are cranes that have come home.Then one day, Betita's beloved father is arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deported to Mexico. Betita and her pregnant mother are left behind on their own, but soon they too are detained and must learn to survive in a family detention camp outside of Los Angeles. Even in cruel and inhumane conditions, Betita finds heart in her own poetry and in the community she and her mother find in the camp. The voices of her fellow asylum seekers fly above the hatred keeping them caged, but each day threatens to tear them down lower than they ever thought they could be. Will Betita and her family ever be whole again?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateSep 15, 2020
    ISBN9781338673180
    Land of the Cranes (Scholastic Gold)

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    • 2/5
      This book is intended for children but NOT appropriate for children. It’s also politically motivated.
    • 5/5
      Wow! This book has certainly opened my eyes. I’m so thankful that I listened to this book instead of read it. Although the story is anything but beautiful the reading is beautiful. I know that I wouldn’t have gotten as much out of it if I had read the book.