Dettagli del libro
Formato
Brossura
Pagine
304
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
Sep 14, 2010
Editore
Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10
0375949739
ISBN-13
9780375949739
Descrizione
A National Book Award Finalist
A Kirkus Reviews Best Books for Teens
Fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt lives in Fallbrook, California, where it's sunny 340 days of the year, and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesn't pay much attention to them...until Amiel. From the moment she sees him, Pearl is drawn to this boy who keeps to himself, fears being caught by la migra , and is mysteriously unable to talk.
Then the wildfires strike.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Books for Teens
Fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt lives in Fallbrook, California, where it's sunny 340 days of the year, and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesn't pay much attention to them...until Amiel. From the moment she sees him, Pearl is drawn to this boy who keeps to himself, fears being caught by la migra , and is mysteriously unable to talk.
Then the wildfires strike.