Lupita Manana

When 13-year-old Lupita's father dies in a commercial fishing accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita's mother makes a difficult decision. Lupita and her brother Salvador must cross over the border to the U.S. to earn enough money to support their mother and younger siblings. But crossing over the border is a difficult and dangerous business, which can end in capture, imprisonment, or death. Young Adult.