I chose this story because I have been focusing on multicultural literature the second half of the semester and I haven't read many Hispanic culture books so I thought it would be a good addition. I sort of liked it, but not overly much. From a teacher perspective the story does a good job of representing very real modern day challenges that immigrants from Mexico most likely face and I think that is important. It is also told with empathy and optimism which I appreciate but I almost felt like it was a little forced and overly simplistic. It came with a textbook set and I can easily see how ot would coincide with the curriculum but it isn't a captivating story.

Curricular connection - In middle school students study Mexico and Central America this story could be used as a class set to illustrate the struggles of immigrants and spark debate and conversation about immigration reform. It also could be used to highlight Hispanic culture. ( )

Very good! Sad in many ways, but reminded me of "Life is Beautiful" (movie) or [b:City of Joy|11690863|Calcutta City of Joy|S.B. Bhattacherje|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-6121bf4c1f669098041843ec9650ca19.png|16637563]. We are asked to empathize with, not pity the hero/heroine, who endures so much without losing his/her soul. This is a very important contemporary subject (immigration) and probably always will be. ( )

Lupita is a 17 year old girl. She lives with her parents and her brother Salvador. One day she goes to look for her mom at her job and doesn't find her so she goes to look for her at her house and they tell her that her dads dead. They don't have a lot of money so Lupitas mom tells her that she's going to go live with her aunt in the U.S. to find a job and get money. When they arrive at her aunts house, Lupita looks at her aunt and realizes that her aunt is poor too. Lupita always thought that her aunt was rich, well thats what she made them believe. When she comes in her aunt tells Lupita that she cant stay but lupita says she will pay rent so then she lets her stay. At that moment she realized that her aunt was trying to steal her money. So they live there and one day they go to a dance and LA MIGRA catches Salvador and not Lupita. When she goes home she tells her aunt that Salvador was taken back to tijauna by la migra.

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