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The Land of the CranesFrom the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees. Nine year old Betita knows she is a crane. Papi has told her the story, even before her family fled to Los Angeles to seek refuge from cartel wars in Mexico. The Aztecs came from a place called Aztlan, what is
From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees.Nine-year-old Betita knows she is a crane. Papi has told her the story, even before her family fled to Los Angeles to seek refuge from cartel wars in Mexico. The Aztecs came from a place called Aztlan, what is now the Southwest US, called the land of the cranes. They left Aztlan to establish their great city in the center of the universe-Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City. It was prophesized that their people would one day return to live among the cranes in their promised land. Papi tells Betita that they are cranes that have come home.
Then one day, Betita's beloved father is arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deported to Mexico. Betita and her pregnant mother are left behind on their own, but soon they too are detained and must learn to survive in a family detention camp outside of Los Angeles. Even in cruel and inhumane conditions, Betita finds heart in her own poetry and in the community she and her mother find in the camp. The voices of her fellow asylum seekers fly above the hatred keeping them caged, but each day threatens to tear them down lower than they ever thought they could be. Will Betita and her family ever be whole again?
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 09/15/2020
ISBN: 9781338343809
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.40w x 1.10d
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Love this style
This is a great playground shoe for my 4th grader.
I love the unisex design.
These shoes usually last 6 mo - until we need next size- but aren’t in same spotless shape that Keens are for passing down to next sibling. Still, they are far from bad shape after six months of abuse. Way better than UA or Nikes in our experience.
I had adult version and had heavy rotation with other shoes, and still lasted 5 years before I gave to my growing son, and he trashed them in 6 mo wearing as lawn mowing shoes.
As an adult, I add an arch support or metatarsal support insole. My kid hasn’t indicated it needs one for comfort - but it’s not as cushy at all compared to Saucony running shoes.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
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Perfect fit
Color: Grey/Navy/Green, Size: 5.5 Big Kid
Beautiful fits great
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★★★★★ 5
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Color: Grey/Navy/Green, Size: 13 Big Kid
Best sneakers for a young girl starting track.
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Cute and comfortable.
My son loves them. He's only worn them three times so I can't say yet how they hold up. But he's happy. My only wish is that the laces were a little longer so that he could have an easier time tying them. They do also come with an extra pair of turquoise laces.
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★★★★★ 5
saucony for life, kidz.
Color: Navy/Silver/Pink, Size: 7 Big Kid, Color: Navy/Silver/Pink, Size: 7 Big Kid
… why I appreciate being an adult female with average-sized feet, Especially considering kids’ shoes are always way cooler!
The sizing is a bit wonky, I’m normally a women’s 8, EU 39 which were my last saucony’s ,
These were exchanged after buying the “big kid 7” (too big),
after replacing w the 6.5 (38.5 EU) I still wondered about sizing down more but I think they’re good, they just fit differently than my previous ones… also I replaced the very long blue laces (48”) with shorter white ones (40”), and now I’m keeping and loving the shoes!
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