Bibliograph

Somos como las nubes, We are like the clouds, Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano ; translated by Elisa Amado

Type

Label

Somos como las nubes, We are like the clouds, Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano ; translated by Elisa Amado

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

8-12, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

3-7, Brodart

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Somos como las nubes

Oclc number

939426774

Responsibility statement

Jorge Argueta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano ; translated by Elisa Amado

resource.studyProgramName

Reading Counts, 3-5, 4.1, 3, 76946.

Sub title

We are like the clouds

Summary

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them. This powerful book by award-winning Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta describes the terrible process that leads young people to undertake the extreme hardships and risks involved in the journey to what they hope will be a new life of safety and opportunity. A refugee from El Salvadors war in the eighties, Argueta was born to explain the tragic choice confronting young Central Americans today who are saying goodbye to everything they know because they fear for their lives. This book brings home their situation and will help young people who are living in safety to understand those who are not. Compelling, timely and eloquent, this book is beautifully illustrated by master artist Alfonso Ruano who also illustrated The Composition , considered one of the 100 Greatest Books for Kids by Scholastics Parent and Child Magazine

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

We are like the clouds

Classification