{"product_id":"9781338767544","title":"La tierra de las grullas (Land of the Cranes)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLa tierra de las grullas (Land of the Cranes)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Aida Salazar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e      From the prolific author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Within\u003c\/i\u003e comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetita, de nueve años, sabe que es una grulla. Papi le contó la historia desde antes que su familia emigrara a Los Ángeles buscando refugio de la guerra del narco en México. Los aztecas procedían de un lugar llamado Aztlán, en lo que es hoy el sureste de Estados Unidos, cuyo nombre significa \"tierra de las grullas\", y establecieron su gran ciudad en el centro del universo: Tenochtitlán, la actual Ciudad de México. Cuenta una profesía que su gente regresaría un día a vivir entre las grullas en la tierra prometida. Papi le dice a Betita que ellos son grullas que han regresado a su hogar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUn día, el querido padre de Betita es arrestado por el Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas y deportado a México. Betita y su mamá ingrávida se quedan solas, pero finalmente son también detenidas y deben aprender a sobrevivir en un campamento de detención de familias en las afueras de Los Ángeles. Incluso en estas condiciones crueles e inhumanas, Betita encuentra amparo en su propia poesía y en la comunidad que ella y su madre encuentran en el campamento. Las voces de sus compañeros en busca de asilo vuelan por encima del odio que los mantiene enjaulados y que amenaza cada día con hacerlos caer más bajo de lo que jamás imaginaron. ¿Podrán Betita y su familia volver a ser una sola?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Betita knows she is a crane. Papi has told her the story, even before her family fled to Los Angeles to seek refuge from cartel wars in Mexico. The Aztecs came from a place called Aztlan, what is now the Southwest US, called the land of the cranes. They left Aztlan to establish their great city in the center of the universe -- Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City. It was prophesized that their people would one day return to live among the cranes in their promised land. Papi tells Betita that they are cranes that have come home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen one day, Betita's beloved father is arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deported to Mexico. Betita and her pregnant mother are left behind on their own, but soon they too are detained and must learn to survive in a family detention camp outside of Los Angeles. Even in cruel and inhumane conditions, Betita finds heart in her own poetry and in the community she and her mother find in the camp. The voices of her fellow asylum seekers fly above the hatred keeping them caged, but each day threatens to tear them down lower than they ever thought they could be. Will Betita and her family ever be whole again?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDistinctions and Praise for Land of the Cranes:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 Americas Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library's Best Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorthern California Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalifornia Library Association - Beatty Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Huck Award Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRise: A Feminist Book Project List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* \"Powerful...lyrical...soaring.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Some books are beautifully written. Others are vitally important. \u003ci\u003eLand of the Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e is both. Quite simply, a must-read.\"—Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Single Shard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Aida Salazar is one of the most important new voices in children's literature. \u003ci\u003eLand of the Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that uplifts, empowers, and soars. This book belongs in every classroom.\" —Erin Entrada Kelly, Newbery Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHello, Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a time of chaos, \u003ci\u003eLand of the Cranes\u003c\/i\u003e rises above the clouds of confusion and sings a skillful, migratory song; its sorrowful lament, a tearful message—Awaken! Awaken! Let love lead to change.\"—Guadalupe García McCall, Pura Belpré Award Winner of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Mesquite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Aida Salazar takes heartache and despair and is able to weave a lyrical narrative that confronts one of the greatest human rights violations on U.S. soil in recent memory.\"—Isabel Quintero, author of Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book \u003ci\u003eMy Papi Has a Motorcycle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Moon Within:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* \"A worthy successor to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland... Salazar's verse novel is sensitive and fresh... An authentically middle school voice and diverse Latinx cast make this book a standout.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* \"An excellent addition for upper middle grade and middle school readers, especially for maturing tweens in the midst of puberty.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This story is told in beautiful poems... A lovely, relatable story...The words really use up the space on the pages in creative ways, and the author reveals cultural aspects of Latinx (especially Xicana) and Caribbean peoples in rich detail.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lyrical...The characters leap to life and eloquently evoke the passion and pain of a girl's coming-of-age. Absolutely beautiful, reverent, and intensely personal, the book would make a valued gift for pre-teen readers, especially a young Latina.\" --\u003ci\u003e School Library Connection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a fascinating tale that blends ancestral traditions from two cultures, while portraying modern dilemmas. Salazar's poetry is as lovely and graceful as the dance scenes.\" -- Margarita Engle, National Young People's Poet Laureate and Newbery Honor-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Surrender Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With conga-pulsed lyrics, Aida Salazar pulls us into the coming of age of eleven year Celi. She initiates readers into the conversation of Bomba, the girl-woman circle, divine twin energies and the many moon-tide powers of a Latina pre-teen. This is a book whose form and content, vision and depth, I find revolutionary and culturally ecstatic. In these times, here is the liberation verse our youth and all have been waiting for-Brava-Bravo!\" -- Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate and author of \u003ci\u003eJabberwalking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Aida Salazar has reached deep into our indigenous past to explore in beautiful, poignant poetry what it means to become a woman at the intersection of community and self. Rooted in ancestral lore yet vibrantly modern, \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Within\u003c\/i\u003e is a touching, powerful, and important novel in verse.\" -- David Bowles, Pura Belpré Honor-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smoking Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a vivid, magical debut, Aida Salazar's lyrical poetry deftly pulls you into Celi's vibrant world as she reluctantly dances towards womanhood, adjusting to the drumbeats of first love and true friendship while exploring her ancestral roots as she finds her role within family and community.\" - Naheed H. Senzai, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShooting Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEscape from Aleppo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lovely and amazing...a heartbreaker, in every wonderful way. Salazar's vivid and accessible verse brings us the coming-of-age story we've been longing for. Poignant, funny, and deeply moving, The Moon Within is a story told with an abundance of love and respect-a gift straight from the center of Salazar's heart to readers everywhere.\" -- Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of \u003ci\u003eEighth-Grade Superzero\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eNaomis Too\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781338767544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scholastic en español","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40761230721230,"sku":"9781338767544","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_d3cf19f1-4c08-4307-88e7-1cc218cec58a.jpg?v=1644506657","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781338767544","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}