![]() ![]() The Garcias live in fear until the day both parents are picked up his Pa is taken to jail and his Ma to a detention center. ![]() Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents show up unsuccessfully seeking his Pa at his New York City bodega. Mateo’s life is turned upside down the day U.S. YA)Ī Mexican American boy takes on heavy responsibilities when his family is torn apart. (glossary of Afrikaans and Zulu words and expressions) (Fiction. Subtle parallels between Emily’s family and apartheid South Africa provide great depth and meaning to this somber, sensitive, exquisitely narrated story for mature readers. Tragically, Emily’s world is torn apart, but Buza helps provide the glue that holds her together. in too many pieces” when she discovers her mother is having an affair and suspects Mr. Emily and Sarah are soon distracted with ragamuffin Streak and retarded Otis Mallory. Out of nowhere, the rootless Mallorys arrive in their bedraggled camping trailer, bringing danger and discontent. Ignored by her selfish mother and detached father, Emily turns to the old Zulu night watchman Buza, who comforts her with his stories of courage and strength. ![]() ![]() Emily compares her family to Johannesburg-an illusion held together with dust. Twelve-year-old tomboy Emily lives in Johannesburg with her older sister Sarah and their self-absorbed, sparring parents. A spring visit from a vagabond family ends in disaster for two white girls and their family in apartheid South Africa in 1966. ![]()
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