The+Crossing

Manny is a very poor boy who lives in Mexico. He has no family, and he wants to go to the United States. He struggles to survive everyday. He survives by begging for food or from the tourists who throw money off the bridge. He tries to cross the Rio Grande river one night but is chased away by some other boys. Manny meets a sergeant in the Mexican Army who is drunk a lot. He meets him in a alley while he is puking up drinks. Manny tries to take his wallet, but the soldier grabs his arm. The soldier ends up helping him get across the river to the U.S.

The culture of Mexico is quite different than that of the United States. In the book, there were many more poor kids then here in the U.S. They fight for money and they have no family. There are also a lot more people on the streets just walking around, unlike the United States where there are a lot more cars on the roads.-Jaren From this book I learned that in Mexico the culture is very different than in the U.S. A lot of the kids are very poor in Mexico, they have to fight for money so they can eat their whole chickens and tortillas. In America we always have food to eat and most the time it goes bad.-John Mexico is a very different place from the United States of America, even though it is our next door neighbor. Poor Mexican children are all over. Most of them were abandoned by their parents when they were very young. The children have to fight for money to survive. The turistas (tourists) throw money to the homeless kids over the bridge. In Mexico they eat tortillas all the time. -Colton The United States and Mexico are neighbors but nothing like each other. This book takes place by the border and that seems like a horrible place. There are people trying to cross the border all the time and in the mean time there is fighting, alcohol abuse, and some pretty bad night clubs. If that book was the only thing I knew about Mexico, I would never, ever go there. ~Deidra Hope Even though I already knew few things about the Mexican culture, I still learned a lot. I always knew most Mexicans were poor but I didn't know they literally had to fight each other for a couple of coins. Reading this book taught me how privileged we are as Americans. -nikoleve

This book is not the best book I've ever read, but it was a good, fast, short read. I would recommend it to slower readers and people like me who just want it to get the book done. I am a slower reader and I don't really like to read, but I think this book was a little too short. I thought there was really nothing to it. ~Deidra Hope I really enjoyed this book. It was a short book and action packed. It was surprising how many poor kids there were without families. It gave me a view of what it is like to live in a different country. Overall it was a very good book and I would highly recommend it.- Jaren I liked this book because it was short and had plenty of action. He was always on the run from gangs and fighting for money. It taught me a lot about what poor and homeless people go through to survive. John I liked this book. It was short and taught what homeless children go through to survive. I liked this book because it was full of action and had great descriptions. I would recommend this book to anyone in my class. Colton I really liked this book because it took place in Mexico, and it was very interesting. I always wanted to know what would happen to Manny at the end of the book. One thing I didn't like was that there wasn' t a lot of dialogue. But overall I liked it. -nikoleve