Bibliograph

Somos como las nubes, We are like the clouds, Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano ; translated by Elisa Amado

Type

Label

Somos como las nubes, We are like the clouds, Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano ; translated by Elisa Amado

Language

spa

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

NP, Lexile

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Somos como las nubes

Oclc number

946215450

Responsibility statement

Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano ; translated by Elisa Amado

Sub title

We are like the clouds

Summary

This powerful book by award-winning Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta describes the terrible process that leads young people to undertake the extreme hardships and risks involved in the journey to what they hope will be a new life of safety and opportunity. A refugee from El Salvadors war in the eighties, Argueta was born to explain the tragic choice confronting young Central Americans today who are saying goodbye to everything they know because they fear for their lives. This book brings home their situation and will help young people who are living in safety to understand those who are not

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

We are like the clouds

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