[Outdoors Nature Book] ☆ The Crossing PDF by Gary Paulsen ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB free

No. Pointless. Gary Paulsen For the renouned author of Hatchet, 1987 was apparent a banner vintage year, in which both this and that. With 200 books, I guess many years had many books.

This one is simple: a boy, a man, both trying to escape, in a broken border town.

Masterful character building tells the whole tight story. I specially enjoyed how naturally their thoughts drifted, as the author shared everything with us. “Strange way to put it, he thought, and wondered why so many things in the army were strange and seem to be without meeting. […] Call everything what it wasn’t and change what it was…” (P 70) “He was back to normal lies, and Robert had heard those and done those himself. He had become so good at them now that he could tell normal lies to himself, and while he did not always believe the lies he told himself they often made him pause to be certain he was lying. The boy could tell him nothing about lying.” (P 86)

The troubles and villains don’t satisfy me, but maybe okay for teens, content with this synthetic veneered danger. Few plot surprises, except the exceptional one at the end, that made it great. The people, the bull, even the extras all felt real. The cleverness of how the stories tall is worth the hour or two to digest it.

The border has changed so much since 1987. And Pepsi was still in cans. Sadly 30 years on, not much in Juarez is now better for anyone.
Paperback I think that I have finally found a book that I like, that can replace another book with a lower lexile score. This book is rated 1150 on the lexile score, and it is easy to read. It's also short, has a boy hero, and follows my theme of You can Make a Difference. So, I'm going to start teaching this book this year. It was recommended by the Gates Common Core committee. I've checked out many of their titles, and this one will work for me. Yeah!! **stop here for spoilers*** In this book 14 year old orphan boy of mixed heritage, he has red hair, wants to improve his life by crossing into the USA to work. Now his life consists of begging for money, always being hungry, fighting off older boys who steal the little money he gets, and running from men who want to kidnap him and sell him as a slave. He meets a sergeant stationed across the border who has troubles of his own. This man is fighting the horrors of fighting in Vietnam; he drinks to keep the 'friends' away from haunting him. He decides to feed the boy, and give him money, and in doing so he helps his own horrors. In the last scene four men come to take Manny to be a slave and he fights all four of them. He is cut badly from their knives, but he kills all four of them. Manny tries to get the man to run with him, so he won't be in trouble, but instead the man hands him his wallet and tells him to run, to go across the border and make a life for himself. The story abruptly ends there. We don't know if either person is safe. We are left to finish the details ourselves. I think that this will be a great discussion in my classes. Also this is a short book, also good since we need to add nonfiction reading to the unit.
Warning-- the man drinks, he goes to bars where ladies who are almost naked dance. This might be offensive to some. It was recommended to 11-13 year olds. Go figure. He doesn't like smoking however. 0439786614 I enjoyed this somewhat sad book about a young, homeless, orphan named Manny who lives in the dangerous streets of Juarez, Mexico, and dreams of crossing into the United States. It was also about an army sergeant who has seen a lot of war and is scarred deeply by it and he comes to Juarez to drink and forget. This was another of my daughter’s assigned reading books. She didn’t enjoy it, but I thought it was good and provided an appreciation for the good life we take for granted. 9780439786614 A great book but the ending is so sad! 128

In The Crossing, young Manny longs for a better life. On the streets for many years, he has learned to survive by begging for money and food. Running alongside Manny's story is that of Lt. Locke, a complex character who is drinking in order to forget memories that torment him. For me, the story felt forced, and I didn't quite connect with the relationship between Manny and Locke, I think it could've used more development by the author. Manny's difficult life on the streets is realistically portrayed, but in the end, I found the overall story to be lacking. Literature Fiction, Outdoors Nature The crossing is a great book geared towards young adults. I enjoyed reading this book and think everyone should pick it up for a quick read. It is about a young boy in Mexico that lives on the streets and fends for himself. He dreams to cross the border in hopes of making a life for himself in the US. He meets a US soldier that is drinking his days away in an attempt to escape from his own pain. They form a small friendship. Read it to see for yourself. 128 This is a good book for anyone who wants to see what happens for real. Outside of the United States. This is a very interesting book because it has the stories of two people. A soldier on duty on a border fort between Texas and Mexico. The other character is a poor young Mexican boy. Who is a orphan and dreams of crossing the border for a better life. There is a picture of the bridge on the front because that is the bridge because other children would be down there screaming and tourist to throw down money to them. Than at one part of the book both of the characters meet. Than the book gets way better. I also like the writing style of this author because he does well as being the two characters. Switching back and forth between charcters was a great feature. You should really try out this book. Paperback My first Paulsen book. I liked it. Simple language for much heavier issues. Not a read for my 5th grader but still a valuable book for humans to read when ready to read about alcohol intake and mind numbing methods to retreat from military horrors. His subject matter and treatment were balanced. I like the simplicity of it. The point is not buried. The story is brief yet fills me with new ideas about poverty, survival, kindness and alcoholism. I don't need a long book for a snapshot of the Mexican border and what all could be happening there or for military veterans and their thoughts on coping. It takes place in several encounters but overall a short book. The book does it's job, moving me to consider outside experiences. 9780439786614 Heavy with meaning. Brilliantly crafted.

On the Mexico side of the border town Juarez, fourteen-year old Manny has one wish: cross the river. Hunger, border patrol, violently competitive beggarboys, and men in pointy-toed boots who hunt people as much for profit as for pleasure demand a lifestyle of absolute lies. Just to survive.

Seargent Robert S. Locke comes from the other side regularly to systematically liquor-drown haunting truths of his own past. Robert the soldier runs on autopilot. Robert the man stays numb as possible.

Until

the two meet. Robert the man emerges just twice, once for a bull, and once again for Manny.

Though not as violently explicit as Paulsen's NightJohn, the generically phrased references to men who buy small red-haired boys (among other vices mentioned) will raise questions in young readers. Parental/teacher guidance strongly recommended. 9780439786614

A critically acclaimed tearjerker from a master storyteller: On one side of the border is brutality and heartache; on the other side--a new life.

14yo Manny is an orphan in Juarez, Mexico. He competes with his bigger, meaner rivals for the coins American tourists throw off the bridge between Texas and his town. Across that heavily guarded bridge await a different world and a better existence.On the night when Manny dares the crossing--through the muddy shallows of the Rio Grande, past the searchlights and the border patrol--the young man encounters an old stranger who could prove to be an ally or an enemy. Manny can't tell for certain. But if he is to achieve his dream, then he must be willing to risk everything--even his life. The Crossing