Book crossing the wire

Acclaim for crossing the wire includes the following. Book fairs scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. In this riveting, actionpacked novel from awardwinning author will hobbs, a teenage boy hoping to help his loved ones must fight for his life as he makes the. This teachers guide includes curriculum activities and discussion questions for crossing the wire, a story of one boys journey. He plants and sells corn to support himself and his mother and younger siblings.

Will hobbs is the author of twenty novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. Will hobbs is the awardwinning author of nineteen novels, including far north, crossing the wire, and take me to the river. Calexico recorded a song called across the wire for their feast of wire album. His best friend rico, has coyote money, and leaves for the us without telling his parents. He makes the crossing once with a lone wolf named miguel and is caught and. Victor associates the jaguar with his family and home.

New york public library books for the teen age, junior library guild selection, americas awards commended title, heartland award, southwest. The jaguar the jaguar, or tigre, represents victors inner strength. Crossing the wire will hobbs hardcover harpercollins publishers. For years, i had been snipping articles from newspapers and magazines, taping documentaries, reading books. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Increased security in the border towns and cities has deflected most of the illegal crossers to remote stretches of the border. The lines in all but the simplest of electronics schematic diagrams will at some. This novel, written for middle school readers, dramatizes the journey of teenagers victor.

When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteenyearold victor flores heads north in an attempt to cross the wire from mexico into the united states so he can find work and send money home. The storytelling secrets of the new masters of radio silence on the. New york public library books for the teen age, junior library guild selection, americas awards. In the book, crossing the wire, hobbs displays what a mexican has to go through when they are crossing the border to the united states for a good cause. Victor has to work in order for him and his family to survive. In crossing the wire, he has portrayed not only 15 year old victor who is involved with risking his life in many ways to get into the united states where he might work and earn money to send back to. While the violent climax may be upsetting, the book ends on a hopeful note.

New york public library books for the teen age, junior library guild selection, americas awards commended title, heartland award. Crossing the wire summary and study guide supersummary. The following is a listing of fictional characters from the hbo series, the wire. With nothing but dogged determination, 15yearold victor. This issue is not as simple as many would like to believe. It is about a 15 year old mexican boy crossing the border to the united states. Crossing the wire chapter 1 summary freebooksummary. Fifteenyearold mexican victor flores is the man of his family. This 40page guide for crossing the wire by will hobbs includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 28 chapters, as well as several more. Goodreads members who liked crossing the wire also liked. When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fi.

The solitary wolf in silao, victor gets the others together with little knapsacks sitting tight for the transport north to guadalajara. Crossing the wire by will hobbs flashcards quizlet. Victor has been making ends meet by growing corn, but governmental subsidies paid to american farmers have cut his profits to near nothing. Crossing the wire by will hobbs is a phenomenal and adventures book. Crossing the wire is an indepth exploration of immigration from the perspective of a teenager who enters the united states from mexico in order to find work so he. Junior library guild selection southwest book award notable books for a global society ira 2007. He has a vivid memory of a childhood encounter with a jaguar, and his father. Crossing the wire manuscript paper standard wirebound 12 stave guitar tablature manuscript paper wirebound out on the wire. The border patrol is only one of his worries, which also include drug. Crossing the wire 2007 read online free book by will. It is a tribute to the quality of the book that my son has already sought out other novels by the same author. In 2004, when crossing the wire takes place, more than half of all illegal. His father died in a construction accident while working illegally in south carolina.

Unlike rico, victor has no experienced men to travel with and no coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal. Buy a cheap copy of crossing the wire book by will hobbs. Ever since his father died, victor flores has been the man of the house. However, across the fence comes a very close second. Find books like crossing the wire from the worlds largest community of readers. When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteenyearold victor flores heads north in an attempt to cross the.

The acclaimed author of seven ala best books for young adults, will hobbs pens a spellbinding truetolife adventure. Start studying crossing the wire final test learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This novel, written for middle school readers, dramatizes the. Crossing the wire 2007 crossing the wire 2007 about book.

It had a pretty descent plot and some action but was one that i didnt really enjoy that much. Teachers guide to crossing the wire by will hobbs 5th. In the context of current immigration issues, crossing the wire offers a prescient and heartfelt story. What is the theme of crossing the wire by will hobbs answers. Hobbs credits his sense of audience to his fourteen years of. Crossing the wire by will hobbs and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Ever since, will has been closely following what scientists and native hunters are reporting about climate change in the arctic. But with no coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal workers across the border, victor must struggle to survive as he jumps trains, stows away on trucks, and hikes grueling miles through the. New york public library books for the teen age, junior library guild selection. Filled with detailed descriptions of secret and deadly missions carried out in laos and cambodia, i was hooked from the first page to the last. The book is about a boy named victor flores and his friend rico. This book, like sog, brilliantly describes what it was like for a team of 6 to 8 men, to creep silently through the jungle in charlies backyard.

Crossing the wire teachers guide crossing the wire teachers guide. Junior library guild selection southwest book award notable books for a global society ira 2007 new york public library books for the teenage. Crossing the wire chapter 6 summary freebooksummary. Note that some characters allegiances or positions may have changed over time. Victor misses his friend, but is left with no choice but. For many people, illegal immigration is a black and white issuea wrong or right issue. Crossing the wire by will hobbs throughout the book the main character victor flores runs into a lot of adventures on his quest to keep his family and himself alive.