Bibliograph

Illegal, Disappeared series, book 2., Francisco X Stork

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Label

Illegal, Disappeared series, book 2., Francisco X Stork

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

680, Lexile4.7, ATOS Level

resource.interestGradeLevel

UG/Upper grades (9th-12)

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Illegal

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 3

Responsibility statement

Francisco X Stork

Series statement

Disappeared

Sub title

Disappeared series, book 2.

Summary

Life in Mexico is a death sentence for Emiliano and his sister Sara. To escape the violent cartel that is after them, they flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping that they can find a way to bring their pursuers to justice. Sara turns herself over to the authorities to apply for asylum. Emiliano enters the country illegally, planning to live with their father. But now Sara is being held indefinitely in a detention facility, awaiting an asylum hearing that may never come, finding it harder every day to hold on to her faith and hope. Life for Emiliano is not easy either. Everywhere he goes, it's clear that he doesn't belong. And all the while, the cartel is closing in on them... Emiliano sets off on a tense and dangerous race to find justice, but can he expose the web of crimes from his place in the shadows? Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork's powerful follow-up to Disappeared delves with his usual sensitivity into the injustice that hides under the guise of the law in the United States. This is a timely and moving story that takes an unsparing look at the asylum process and the journey to find a new life in the US

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