guatemalan americans

Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.

"Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"--Provided by publisher.

Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.

Teenagers from Guatemala describe why they left that country and how they have adjusted to life in their new homeland.

Describes a Guatemalan family's struggle to emigrate from their country to the United States and the adjustments they have made.