Lights on the River |
Publication Information
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Author: Thomas, Jane Resh |
Illustrator: Dooling, Michael |
Title: Lights on the River |
Date: 1994 |
Publisher: Hyperion |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: 0-7868-0004-6 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
A migrant girl keeps memories of her grandma close as she deals with hard times in the United States. Her voice is strong, and the illustrations are stunning. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This would be a wonderful beginning to a unit on immigration, to introduce illegal versus legal immigration, to combine with current events and newspapers, or to look at historically with information on Cesar Chavez and UFW, grape and lettuce boycotts, etc. Teachers might want to use the book to compare and contrast her life on farms versus her life in Mexico; immigrants today versus immigrants in other countries or at other times. |
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