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When slipping crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen–year–old Victor Flores mind north in a anxious try to "cross the line" from Mexico into the United States so he can find work and send money home. But with no "coyote money" to pay the smugglers who sneak against the law workers over the border, Victor must struggle to make it through as he jumps trains, stows away on pickup trucks, and hikes grueling mls through the Az desert.
Victor's trip is fraught with risk, as he faces freezing cool, scorching heat, hunger, and deceased ends. It's a gauntlet run by large numbers attempting to mix the border. Through Victor's often anxious struggle, Will Hobbs brings to life one of the great human dramas of our time.
