Using down-to-earth characters and authentic scenarios, he tells a story of resilience, strength, and love. Cisneros provides a heart-wrenching and evocative glimpse of what one family’s life might look like on both sides of the border. "In the last few years, the news has become saturated with headlines about deportations and separated families.
A moving novel perfectly pitched to its audience." - Booklist (starred review) "This timely middle-grade novel will not only open dialogue with children on the issue of immigration but also encourage conversations on the subjects of kindness, empathy, and activism. Cisneros tells this urgent story with focus and heart-wrenching realism, especially concerning the ripple effects of family separation, not just at the border but also among those in the U.S." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) immigration policies rip through one Southern California family. "As affecting as it is timely, Cisneros’s debut depicts how draconian U.S. But even as Efrén's world seems to be crashing around him, Cisneros celebrates the kindness of the Mexican American community and its richness of food, culture, and resilient spirit.Honest and tender: a must-read." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Now more than ever, Efrén must channel his inner Soperboy to help take care of and try to reunite his family.Ī glossary of Spanish words is included in the back of the book."Debut author Cisneros paints a vivid and palpable #ownvoices picture of the lost childhoods as children and parents are separated due to immigration issues. His worst nightmare comes true one day when Amá doesn’t return from work and is deported across the border to Tijuana, México. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mía feel safe and loved.īut Efrén worries about his parents although he’s American-born, his parents are undocumented. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness.” -Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango StreetĮfrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman-or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times.
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