The Border

The Border

By Steve Schafer

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Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 9 - 12Grades 2 - 3n/an/an/a

Perfect for readers of This Is Where it Ends, The Border is a gripping drama about four teens, forced to flee home after a deadly cartel rips apart their families. They must now face life-threatening danger and unimaginable sacrifice as they attempt to cross the U.S. border.

"Thrilling... often brilliant."―Kirkus

One moment changed their lives forever.

A band plays, glasses clink, and four teens sneak into the Mexican desert, the hum of celebration receding behind them.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

Not fireworks―gunshots. The music stops. And Pato, Arbo, Marcos, and Gladys are powerless as the lives they once knew are taken from them.

Then they are seen by the gunmen. They run. Except they have nowhere to go. The narcos responsible for their families' murders have put out a reward for the teens' capture. Staying in Mexico is certain death, but attempting to cross the border through an unforgiving desert may be as deadly as the secrets they are trying to escape...

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
ISBN-13: 9781492660880
ISBN-10: 1492660884
Published on 8/1/2018
Binding: Paperback

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This book is about Arbo (16), Pato (16), Gladys (15), and Marcos (17). Then and all there families were at a.family friends quinceañera when a big gang in Mexico (Narcos). Overnight they get a $2,500 bounty on there heads. They decide it's time to leave Mexico and cross the border to the United States. They don't have enough money so they can't hide a guia (I'm pretty sure that's Spanish for guide) so they decide to take on the desert head on with barely enough supplies - only what they can carry. But they run into trouble along the way. . . Will they all make it? Read the book to find out! I would recommend for 13 and up. Thanks for reading -Ajg15's Reviews