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Summary: Book review on Lupita Manana
Review: Book Review on Lupita Mañana!!
Lupita Mañana, the most unrealistic book I ever read! The book that stays on negative view all the time.
Lupita Mañana starts from Lupita's father's death. Because of money problems that Lupita's family is going through, their own mother decided to send Lupita and Salvador to the United States. Even though, their mother can not support her family. How could she send a 13 year old daughter and little older son to the United States? They had to walk days and days to get Tijuana (the border of Mexico and United States). They sometimes had to face hunger and fear for their life. They also had to sleep by the side of the road. Many people died from trying to cross border. Would you let your child to go through that, not just cross the border, but get lost several times at California? They had a hard time to find their aunt's house. But somehow they found Spanish speakers to get help and found their aunt. What magic!!
I don't recommend this book to small children, because of the fact that the book stays on a negative view all the time. Books for children can be fiction or unrealistic. But being negative is not really good for children. Lupita Mañana is one book that always stays on the negative. Whether Lupita is working hard or not, she lost her brother. She is just one girl that has all the negative things such as she still had to work in the field, people make a fun of her and people mistreated her. Children book could be negative at first but have to have a happy ending.
Because of all these reasons I only could give 2 stars for Lupita Mañana. My opinion of a good book is being realistic so people can actually feel with the characters. A book also has to be good for everyone. But Lupita Mañana is not a realistic book. All the family members didn't really care about other members. Not just characters unrealistic behavior the book always stayed on the negative views. These are reasons I don't recommend to others who really don't want to read unrealistic books.
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Summary: Lupita Manana
Review: I actually have such a great feeling about this book, Lupita Manana. And it's because the events in the story all seems to be real and really sad. The main characters are Lupita, who is 13 years old, and her brother, Salvador, who is 15 years old. Their father died working in a ship. The children are crying for food and clothes. And the whole situation is really bad. And Mama can't stand this any more. She is working really hard and doing her best to keep the family together, someone else has to work too, to help pay off the money lender.
As a matter of fact, Lupita and her brother Salvador migrated and dug their way through to the U.S. for a better chance at life, and also to send money back to Mama. And I feel that's a very hard thing to for a child to do. Lupita and her brother went through all of the troubles on the way, like escaping from la migra, and passing by too many dangerous places. After they had reached the U.S., they were living with their Aunt. Life isn't easy like they thought it would be in America, especially when they found out that that Aunt Consuelo was not rich like Mama had told them. And Salvador character started changing when he made friends with some bad guy named Lucky.
The whole book is full actions and suspense that makes you think or predict what's going to happen next. Such troubles they went through such as passing INS, and crossing the border was really hard for them. And doing many hard things makes you also think how life was hard on them. And recommends this book for ages from 6th grade and above.
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Summary: Lupita Manana, an adventure story
Review: I really recommend Lupita Manana. This is not a true story, but it happens to a lot of people in real life. I think not only immigrants should read this book; everyone might have the idea of how it is and how it feels to be in a strange country. Lupita Manana makes you feels the way they do and keeps you reading. It totally makes you think in a different way about immigrants.
Lupita Manana is a story about how two teenagers, Salvador and his sister Lupita, cross the border from Mexico to U.S.A. on foot. The reason is because they don't have economical support after their father died.
There are a lot of adventures and dangers around them. They almost get caught in Colton by "la migra", and they are robbed by some "pochos". This was really sad but exiting too. Their destination was to Indio, California, were their "rich" aunt Consuelo lives. After a lot of tragedies and risks they have a lot or surprises in Indio. The relationship between Salvador and lupita is getting worst, and this had its own consequences.I really like Lupita Manana. I thought this was going to be another common book. I didn't realize how people come to the United States
risking their lives, finding a better future, looking for all those dreams and how lonely it feels not being with their family. I hope you read this book, you'll bee exited, just like I am.
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Summary: Lupita Manana
Review: I thought the book was excellent. The book was one of the most interesting book, I ever read. From Lupita Manana, I see family love how families are there for each other no matter what happen.
Lupita Manana is fiction by Patricia Beatty. The novel is about two Mexican kids. Lupita and Salvador are the oldest in the Torres family. When their father died fishing Lupita was thirteen and Salvador fifteen. After the death of their father they had
To leave their family and country and go to U.S to support their mother and youngest brothers and sisters
Lupita is very smart and willing to learn some thing new. Also, she has strong affection for her family. On the other hand Salvador is careless, even though he has love for his family too. That is why they risked their lives to cross the border of Mexico and
The United States to help their family. But after they got to Indio things were not the way they expected. Also Lupita was very disappointed by her brother who made bad
Friends and started acting like he all that also he forgot his background. Even though she faced so much by age thirteen, Lupita was ready to help herself and her family back home who were waiting their help.
I really suggest you to read Lupita Manana because I really think
That everyone who read Lupita Manana book can lean something I also think the book is for every one kid, teenager and parent. From Lupita Manana book I learned how to survive and to be strong no matter what comes in front of you.
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Summary: lupita mañana
Review: Lupita Mañana Lupita Mañana is a very good book, and I recommend you to read it, because the deeper you get into the story you feel that it is becoming very interesting.
It is about two Spanish kids that had to leave home looking to get to the U.S. after their father dies. In the U.S. they had an aunt that lives in a town called Indio, in California.
They needed to go to their aunt's house and then, they needed to look for a job and earn money to send it back to their mother. Their mother needed to pay some money that she owed to the moneylender. Also she can't maintain the family alone.
The interesting part of the story is on the way to the U.S. because they had to go through a lot of adventure. They crossed the border two times because the first time they get caught by la migra. The second time they made it crossing the border to the U.S. and other difficult things to get to their aunt house.
I recommend you to read Lupita Mañana's book because after you read it, you can see the immigrants in a different way, as this story shows how most of the immigrants came here.
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Summary: Lupita Manana
Review: Lupita Manana
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3/9/04
Mrs.Kasun As a young teenager, have you ever experienced leaving your home for a long period of time, to earn money to support your family? Well, Lupita and Salvador are the main character who had done it before, sneaking into the United States border to earn money and support their family. During their journey, you will see their life in Tijuana, Mexico and through their journey with a constant threat of la migra, the immigration police. As you read along, Lupita Manana you will be able to notice the various lifestyles in poorer countries of young teenagers. As Lupita and Salvador cross the U.S. border they had reached the city Colton. However, the next day they got jobs, Lupita as a maid and Salvador as a dishwasher and both receive a well paying job. Eventually, they had reached the house of their Aunt Consuelo ans were force to live and labor for work, with little amount of money which has change their life. On hot sunny days, they would go to the fields and pick cotton until sunset. As the book goes on, Lupita and Salvador were falling apart and were struggling with issues, such as not uniting as a sibling. I would recommend this book to anyone of any age group but most likely for young teenagers. Lupita Manana gives the insight of different lifestyles in poorer countries from young teenagers and shows the image of what going through their life.
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Summary: lupita mañana
Review: Lupita Mañana Lupita Mañana is a very good book, and I recommend you to read it, because the deeper you get into the story you feel that it is becoming very interesting.
It is about two Spanish kids that had to leave home looking to get to the U.S. after their father dies. In the U.S. they had an aunt that lives in a town called Indio, in California.
They needed to go to their aunt's house and then, they needed to look for a job and earn money to send it back to their mother. Their mother needed to pay some money that she owed to the moneylender. Also she can't maintain the family alone.
The interesting part of the story is on the way to the U.S. because they had to go through a lot of adventure. They crossed the border two times because the first time they get caught by la migra. The second time they made it crossing the border to the U.S. and other difficult things to get to their aunt house.
I recommend you to read Lupita Mañana's book because after you read it, you can see the immigrants in a different way, as this story shows how most of the immigrants came here.
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Summary: A great book's review
Review: Lupita Mañana is a book very much about immigration policy, but it's also about the struggle people go through when they come here especially illegal aliens. It's enjoy- able because how much perilous crossing the border can be and it can also take you to a world unknown to most people. Lupita and Salvador Torres, two Mexican kids who came here after their father had died in a boat at sea. They were told to come here because their mom had to borrow some money from a moneylender and now she has to pay it back. And if she doesn't do that then she'd probably lose the house and she wouldn't have anywhere to go to. For their luck, their mom's sister, Consuelo, was living here in Indio, California. However, Lupita and Salvador were illegal aliens so they knew that crossing the border wouldn't be that easy, but they took the risk because of their mom and also because they were looking for a better tomorrow since that's how Lupita got her nickname. The book is all about Lupita's tomorrow. So, as we all know, there are these immigration police guarding the border between Mexico and the U.S. unfortunately they didn't know how hard and difficult it'd be to cross the border. Because of the number of people coming here illegally, thief think they come with money since they have to pay the coyote who bring people illegally to the US. And that's what happened to Lupita and Salvador, they got into this coyote car and pass the border, but they got into this place where there were those thieves waiting for them or anyone who goes by. It was a terrible moment for our two young adventures, then a chopper come on sight with immigration police and suddenly a shot was heard! Everything thing quitted down, except for the police chopper. Someone said, "Someone got shouted," it was an old man who got killed by one of the thief's guns. After that, the immigration guys came and start asking for papers to everyone who was in there, but Lupita and Salvador didn't have any paper so they were told to go back and never cross the border again because if they got caught again a whole different story would take place. After, struggling they could finally get to Indio and get a living in Consuelo's house, but they weren't welcomed. They had to work hard in the fields and after some time Salvador changed his way of life and behavior leaving Lupita all by herself to destiny's will. He went to live with one of his new friends, and he didn't care whether Lupita was fine or if she needed something. Then, it makes you think of all the dreams and hopes behind an unknown door to someone else's country would never ever be true because of the way things are going. But it wasn't that bad, after all Lupita realized how important English was and why she should learn it. So Irela one of Consuelo's daughters decided to help Lupita out with her learning English. The way I see this book, it is really helpful for the ones who don't know how immigration works and how dangerous the illegal life can be. However, there are places where you can go and get help from. I would also recommend this book to young people especially because they'll be the future of this country and they have to know how things work in the US. Most people sometimes are against immigration laws and policies, but that's how things go and we can't change it. Nothing is perfect; sometimes things wouldn't turn out the way we'd liked them to. As for example, at the end someone was the only one who survived, while the other was caught by la migra.
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Summary: Lupita Manana is review
Review: Lupita Manana is a suspenseful adventure book that will keep you guessing until the end of the story, and you will not want to stop reading the book. This book is about a thirteen year old girl name Lupita and her brother Salvador, who is fifteen. Their father died in a sudden boat accident at the sea, and their mother didn't earn enough money to support the whole family. Lupita and Salvador were told to smuggle themselves to the U.S. and get a job to send money back to their mother in Ensenada, Mexico. The author does an excellent job of describing their journey. They had to walk from Ensenada to Indio in California. The distance was close to 200 miles. They faced lots of danger along the way. They faced thieves on their way to Tijuana and also when they got to Tijuana. When they arrived to Tijuana they realized that crossing over wasn't going to be easy. Once they got to the United States, they had another obstacle, to find their Aunt Consuelo. Some Mexican Americans helped them out along the way. When they arrived at Aunt Consuelo's house they found out that their aunt was not rich as their mother told them. Lupita and Salvador had to work in the field to earn some money and send it to their mother. I will recommend this book to the people that were born here and for people who immigrated here. For people that were born here, they've never had the chance to experience what people go through to come to the United States and the author does a really good job on explain it. And for people who immigrated here with the legal paper work, they don't know how people pass over the borders without any papers and get a job and always worry about the immigration police coming to get them. This book shows how the people were scared of the immigration police and how the Mexican Americans tried to help them out. When you read this book you will shocked about what people would do to come to the United States.
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Summary: The journey to the US
Review: Lupita Manana is an exciting book to read. The story is very realistic. It's about two Mexican teenagers, Lupita and Salvordor; try to cross the border illegally to the US to find work. After I read this book, I realized how hard and dangerous it could be for people who also try to come to the US by crossing the border in Tijuana. The story gets more interesting as you read.
Lupita and Salvador lived in Ensenada, Mexico. Their family was poor, and after the death of their father, no one could support the family. Lupita and Salvador were asked to go to the US and live with their 'rich' aunt. They would work there and send money back to their mother. The journeys of going to the border and crossing the border were both dangerous. In the US, the life there was not what they had expected. They had to work in the fields and they didn't get much money. Also they always had to look out for la migra. As times pass, Salvador met his friend, Lucky. They both got along well, but the relationship between Lupita and Salvador got worse. How would they end up? Or will they get caught my la migra? You have to read this yourself. The book is full of excitement, and throughout the book we could learn some Spanish too. Also different events in the book could give us different feelings. I enjoy reading Lupita Manana very much. So I recommend this book to everybody and hope you all will enjoy it, like me.
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