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A review by andeez
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
4.0
I'm wrecked and convicted.
Victor Flores left home for El Norte to earn money to send his family. The fatherless teen would have loved to stay in his village and grow corn, but the Americans selling cheaper corn to Mexico put corn farmers out of business.
Victor crosses to America, gets deported, and makes the journey again. Other reviews mention all of the tragedy happening to Victor and claim "unbelievable." I grew up near the hills of San Diego. I saw how people lived and how people hid. These tragedies could very well happen to one person.
I wish I had read this book when I was in middle school 35 years ago. Maybe it would have given me compassion to those I saw waiting outside Home Depot for the chance to earn money for their families. Maybe I would have been more involved. For sure, it would have let me see the other side of the story - not just the one I knew of a white, privileged, Southern Californian.
Victor Flores left home for El Norte to earn money to send his family. The fatherless teen would have loved to stay in his village and grow corn, but the Americans selling cheaper corn to Mexico put corn farmers out of business.
Victor crosses to America, gets deported, and makes the journey again. Other reviews mention all of the tragedy happening to Victor and claim "unbelievable." I grew up near the hills of San Diego. I saw how people lived and how people hid. These tragedies could very well happen to one person.
I wish I had read this book when I was in middle school 35 years ago. Maybe it would have given me compassion to those I saw waiting outside Home Depot for the chance to earn money for their families. Maybe I would have been more involved. For sure, it would have let me see the other side of the story - not just the one I knew of a white, privileged, Southern Californian.