A review by littletaiko
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

4.0

Who knew that a story about immigration could be so amusing? Nayeli and her friends live in a small Mexican town that seems to have run out of men. Most of the men have moved to the United States to work. When they watch the movie The Magnificent Seven, it sparks the idea that they should go to the US and recruit seven men to come back home to help protect them from bandits and to help repopulate the town as well. Their task isn't easy but they are determined.

It was interesting to see the impact of immigration both into and out of Mexico. It was also quite amusing to see how appalling parts of the US were to them. Great characters!