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Summary: How this book REALLY goes!!!!
Review: Manny is a small boy of many others living on the streats of Juarez, Mexico. To get money to live isnt easy when competing against the other BIGGER boys. So this helpless orphan decides the only way to live is by crossing the bridge over the border into El Paso, Texas. but he would need starting money to do this so when he meets Sargeant Robert S. Locke he thinks he has found a way. Not knowing that these to may be soul mates.But in the end Manny gets the money in a way he did not want it.
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Summary: Fast paced and exciting read.
Review: Settings and characterizations are realistic and many readers will be able to identify with them.I have been searching for a novel for adult intermediate level ESL (English as a Second Language) students to read in less than four weeks. This fills the bill perfectly.
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Summary: EL MOJADO
Review: The crossing
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Gary Pauslen The book of the crossing is about a boy from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico tying to cross to the United State, but he is an orphan and he doesn't have enough money to buy food to take with him to cross the border of Mexico and United State. One day a sergeant named Robert S. Locke from the United State met Many, the sergeant was drinking whiskey and he gave five dollars to Manny and that was a lot of money to Manny, when the boy tried to cross the border and a lot of people were captured and the boy hide from the border patrol and he didn't make the crossing that night and one day he went to a bridge where the turistas get in Mexico , and he could get some money from the turistas , and the turistas like him because he has red hair, when he got some money the other boy came and took the money from him. The book of the crossing is a good book to read I really enjoy my time reading it. Its a nice story.
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Summary: EL MOJADO
Review: The crossing
By
Gary Pauslen The book of the crossing is about a boy from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico tying to cross to the United State, but he is an orphan and he doesn't have enough money to buy food to take with him to cross the border of Mexico and United State. One day a sergeant named Robert S. Locke from the United State met Many, the sergeant was drinking whiskey and he gave five dollars to Manny and that was a lot of money to Manny, when the boy tried to cross the border and a lot of people were captured and the boy hide from the border patrol and he didn't make the crossing that night and one day he went to a bridge where the turistas get in Mexico , and he could get some money from the turistas , and the turistas like him because he has red hair, when he got some money the other boy came and took the money from him. The book of the crossing is a good book to read I really enjoy my time reading it. Its a nice story.
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Summary: The Crossing is a great book. Gary Paulsen astonished me!
Review: The Crossing was about an orphan named Manuel Bustos. Manny was his nickname. He was a poor Mexican boy. Manny lived on the streets and slept in a cardboard box. He had no time for heroes. He needed to scrap, fight boys bigger than him for money. The two most important things to Manny were to survive and to find a way to get across the border. As part of Manny's daily routine, he would go to the bridge by the Rio Grande and watch the " turistas," tourists throw coins to him and the rest of the beggers. When Manny catches money he has to run fast before the bigger boys try to beat him up and steal his money. One day when Manny was being chased by the bigger boys he went into an alley behind a club called "Club Congo Tiki." Manny out ran them and hid in the alley. When Manny was in the alley a drunk man named Sergeant Robert S. Locke went into the alley and started vomiting. He had to much to drink. Manny slowly tried to reach for the Sergeants wallet. Manny was taking advantage of the weak and drunk Sergeant. Manny stole the wallet and started running with it. Robert chased after him. At one point Robert caught up to him and grabbed Manny on the arm. Then a police officer was walking by and he saw Robert holding Manny tightly. The officer said, " What's going on here?" Robert was a little spaced out but he remembered seeing Manny on the streets. Robert replied as, " Nothing officer." The officer left and Manny thanked Robert. Robert then got his wallet back. That was the beginning of Robert and Manny's friendship. Robert and Manny became close friends. Robert let Manny follow him around, eat with him, and be his friend. Both Robert and Manny needed each other as friends. Manny had no one to pay for him or to talk to. Robert was a dried up, drunk, shy, and lonely person.
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Summary: the hope of a better life.
Review: The crossing
Manny Bustos is an orphan, who lives in the streets of Juarez, Mexico. Manny has the hope to make the crossing. He has to fight for the coins American tourists throw off the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. While he is trying for survival on the streets, he meets Maria. Maria is an old woman who helps Manny. She feed Manny in the mornings. They are good friends, but Maria feels sad when Manny tells Maria he decided to make the crossing. The first time he can't make the crossing because some gang members try to catch him, and he runs and find a man who is drunk, and Manny try to take his wallet from his packet. This man is a sergeant who is working in the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Mexico, and his name is Robert S. Locke. Robert searches for a way to drown the cries of his dead friends and finds it in Cutty Sark whisky. He always goes to the Club Congo Tike to get drunk, and forget the dead of his friends. Robert helps Manny when Manny tried to steal him, because Robert didn't tell to the police what did Manny try to do. That is when Manny meets Robert. Manny has the opportunity to make friend Robert and the have sometimes meet and talk about their lives. Then Robert buys some food for Manny and then takes Manny to the bullring.
Then you need to read to see what happen with them and see if Manny make the crossing to get a better life in this country.
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Summary: the hope of a better life.
Review: The crossing
Manny Bustos is an orphan, who lives in the streets of Juarez, Mexico. Manny has the hope to make the crossing. He has to fight for the coins American tourists throw off the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. While he is trying for survival on the streets, he meets Maria. Maria is an old woman who helps Manny. She feed Manny in the mornings. They are good friends, but Maria feels sad when Manny tells Maria he decided to make the crossing. The first time he can't make the crossing because some gang members try to catch him, and he runs and find a man who is drunk, and Manny try to take his wallet from his packet. This man is a sergeant who is working in the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Mexico, and his name is Robert S. Locke. Robert searches for a way to drown the cries of his dead friends and finds it in Cutty Sark whisky. He always goes to the Club Congo Tike to get drunk, and forget the dead of his friends. Robert helps Manny when Manny tried to steal him, because Robert didn't tell to the police what did Manny try to do. That is when Manny meets Robert. Manny has the opportunity to make friend Robert and the have sometimes meet and talk about their lives. Then Robert buys some food for Manny and then takes Manny to the bullring.
Then you need to read to see what happen with them and see if Manny make the crossing to get a better life in this country.
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Summary: The Crossing by Gary Paulsen Review.
Review: The Crossing
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Gary Paulsen
Review This book, "The Crossing," is about a boy that lives in the streets of Juarez in Mexico, where the story also takes place. This boy is trying to cross to the United States. He survives by begging money from the tourists that go to that city. Later in the story he meets a nice lady in a restaurant called the "Two-by-four." This woman sometimes feeds him, but she also helps him to make the crossing. The boy also meets an American Soldier, (a sergeant), who likes to drink a lot of whiskey. His relationship with the lady of the restaurant during the story is very nice, but the relationship he has with the American Sergeant is very different from the one he has with the woman. While you'll reading this story you will also find out a few problems the boy has with the sergeant and some other street boys, but at the end everything change. This is one of my favorite books I've ever read because you learn how hard life is for someone who lives in the streets, especially when is a teenager. If you have ever known someone who wants to cross to another country for a better life illegally, this is a good book for you to read and learn how hard it is. If you like the story so far, the rest of it is much better. I promise, you will enjoy it, because I really did. Jose Benitez Amaya
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Summary: Another Good Book By Paulsen
Review: The title of my book is The Crossing. The author is Gary Paulsen, I liked many of his other books. I read it for an assignment in reading class. I recommend this book because it's about a boy who survives on his own in Jurez, Mexico. It explains how kids live and grow up today. I think this is a good book..
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Summary: How this book REALLY goes!!!!
Review: There is a little kid that lived in Mexico. He was poor and had nothing to eat everyday. His only way of survival is to beg for money from Americans. They had so much money. So much they could just toss it away to see poor children fight for it. To them it was entertainment, but for the children, it was for survival. The poor kid is very small and weak to fight. So he depends on his speed. He wants to cross into America one day, so he can start a new life. But he was never able to. One day, and American Sergeant came to visit. Could this be the only way the poor child has a way of crossing and making it to America?
I liked this story because, it's exciting and makes you want to read more. It's also sort of sad at the same time. Each chapter always end with the child feeling sad, and that made me want to read more, because I wanted to find out what was going to happen to him. The sadness and excitment made the book better. If it was only one of them, it would be very boring.
I chose this book, because it was another one of Gary Paulsen's book. I love his books, because it always had excitement. The cover of the book looked interesting too. This was one of the few books i missed out on that Gary Paulsen wrote. THe summary in the back made me more want to read it. It may not have won any awards, but my dad said that it was an amazing book, so that's mostly why i read it.
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