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Title: The Crossing (Foster, Kelli C. Get Ready-- Get Set-- Read!,) by Kelli C. Foster, Erickson, Kerri Gifford, Gina Erikson, M. A. Foster ISBN: 0-8120-9337-2 Publisher: Barrons Juveniles Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A good book about struggling and trying to overcome it
Comment: "The Crossing" is a great book about a Mexican boy named Manny who will do anything to try and make the crossing from Mexico into the United States so he can get him a job and maybe even buy some stuff for himself. Gary Paulsen seems to tell a realistic story of how a beggar's life is because all through the book, it tells about Manny's ideas of how to get money or food from people and how he thinks he should beg. But Manny is fourteen now and he wants to try and make the crossing to start a life for himself. Manny meets a Sergeant named Robert Locke, who Manny sees as somebody different. Manny must find a way to make the crossing over the border without being caught.
"The Crossing," like most Gary Paulsen books, is a good story. It's about struggling and how to overcome the struggle and survive. It doesn't ever get boring and you'll want to read on the whole time until you finish the book. I recommend anybody to read "The Crossing."
Rating: 3
Summary: The Crossing
Comment: Can you imagine what life would be like if you were 13 years old and homeless on the streets of Mexico? Well, if not, read "The Crossing" by Gary Paulsen. "The Crossing" is about a young boy named Manny Bustos who is fighting for survival in Juarez, a Mexican border town and who's only chance is crossing over into the United States. Manny develops a strange friendship with an emotional American soldier who decides to help him cross the border. But, to fully review the book, one must know about the characters in the book, explore Gary Paulson's purpose of the book, and finally share a personal opinion of the book.
The main characters in the book "The Crossing" are Manny Bustos, Robert S. Locke, and Maria. Manny is a young red head Mexican boy who roams the streets of Juarez scavenging for food. Robert is a Sergeant in the American ARMY. His whole life consists of being a good officer during the day and surviving his haunted nightlife by drinking himself to almost "brain dead." Robert is haunted by dead friends, who were killed during a war. Maria is a woman who worked at the Two-by-Four bar and cafe. She would sneak Manny food and also supported Manny when he decided he was going to cross the border.
Gary Paulsen tries to show the truth of what life is like for some Mexican people. He tries to show Mexican poverty and street life, of those who are faced with "the crossing." Paulsen tells us in his book about men who are out to capture young men like Manny. These men will do damage to anybody, just how they did to Robert toward the end of the book. Paulson also shows how life can be rough when trying to trick tourists by having them throw money.
"The Crossing" is a book which I enjoyed reading. I would suggest this book to other teenage readers but would not recommend this book to anyone who is a sophisticated reader. Like the relationship between Robert and Manny, this book is brief and brutal but ends on a note of hope. This book is very short in length and has a simple writing style which should give high-school students with slow reading abilities a special appeal for this book.
"The Crossing" is a spectacular book, which will make a person realize how spectacular their life is. A complete review to the book has been given with information about the characters, Paulson's purpose, and a personal reaction to the book. If you are a high school student wanting to learn about the Mexican culture along the borders, read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: How this book REALLY goes!!!!
Comment: Manny is a small boy of many others living on the streats of Juarez, Mexico. To get money to live isnt easy when competing against the other BIGGER boys. So this helpless orphan decides the only way to live is by crossing the bridge over the border into El Paso, Texas. but he would need starting money to do this so when he meets Sargeant Robert S. Locke he thinks he has found a way. Not knowing that these to may be soul mates.But in the end Manny gets the money in a way he did not want it.
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Title: The River by Gary Paulsen ISBN: 0440407532 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Monster by Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 0064407314 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen ISBN: 0440413796 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: By the Light of the Moon (A First Book, Set 4) by Kelli C. Foster, Cina C. Erickson, Kerri Gifford, Gina Clegg Erickson, M. A. Foster ISBN: 0812010272 Publisher: Barrons Juveniles Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Boy Who Owned The School by Gary Paulsen ISBN: 0440405246 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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