Under the Same Sky

A teenager discovers racism and romance on his father's farm For his fourteenth birthday, Joe Pedersen wants...
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Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
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Language: English
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Under the Same Sky by DeFelice, Cynthia C.

Under the Same Sky

$22.63

Under the Same Sky

$22.63
Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A teenager discovers racism and romance on his father's farm

For his fourteenth birthday, Joe Pedersen wants a motorbike that costs nearly a thousand dollars. But his mom says the usual birthday gift is fifty dollars, and his dad wants Joe to earn the rest of the money himself and find out what a real day's work feels like. Angry that his father doesn't think he's up to the job, Joe joins the Mexican laborers who come to his father's farm each summer. Manuel, the crew boss, is only sixteen, yet highly regarded by the other workers and the Pedersen family. Joe's resentment grows when his father treats Manuel as an equal. Compared with Manuel, Joe knows nothing about planting and hoeing cabbage and picking strawberries. But he toughs out the long, grueling days in the hot sun, determined not only to make money but to gain the respect of his stern, hardworking father. Joe soon learns about the problems and fears the Mexicans live with every day, and, before long, thanks to Manuel, his beautiful cousin Luisa, and the rest of the crew, Joe comes to see the world in a whole different way.

In her sensitive new novel, Cynthia DeFelice explores our dependency on migrant workers and simultaneous reluctance to let these people into our country and into our lives.

Under the Same Sky is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 04/08/2005
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780374480653
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 69688 / Under the Same Sky


Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 05/01/2005 pg. 22

About the Author

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including The Ghost of Fossil Glen, Wild Life, Signal, The Missing Manatee, and Weasel. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. She lives in upstate New York.




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