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Lupita Mañana

by Patricia Beatty

FictionJuvenile fictionIllegal aliensPovertyEmigration and immigrationMexicansChildren's fictionChildren, fiction

To help her poverty-stricken family, 13-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for "la migra."

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Book data: Open Library