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Item Nr: B 121168 Title: Bridge
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Jones, Patrick
Length: 92 Prod/Pub: Darby Creek Publishing
Copyright: 2014 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Eighteen-year-old Jose serves as the bridge between his non-English speaking family and the rest of the world, and because his parents are illegal immigrants and extended family lives with them, money is tight so Jose works nights and arrives at school so tired that teachers at his alternative high school step in to help. Illegal aliens- Fiction. Text mainly in English with some Spanish. From the series Alternative. AR 5.1 RC 5.3 Lexile 800 IL 6-10.

  Subjects:
  1298 - HIGH INTEREST/LOW VOCABULARY
  590 - HIGH SCHOOLS
  1264 - HISPANICS
  1678 - LEXILE 800-899
  700 - REALISTIC FICTION
  1613 - REQUEST--AEA
  965 - SCHOOL STORIES