( 8 reviews )
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Posted: Nov 30 2008
Book is in good condition. I needed the book to do a homework assignment. It worked out well.
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( 1 of 5 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 22 2006
I think that lupita is going to America to help her mom and her siblings at México. She goes through hard times to get to the boarder and into the untied states. Also lupita and her bothers Salvador have to avoid the La Migra in the United States and where they also go. Every time the La Migra comes Lupita, and her brothers have to run and hide. They run and hide because there illegal immigrants and not a citizen of the United States. But there grandma is a citizen. She is also very rich. She lives in a big house. Also they help with the chores and picking food from the garden. Life for them is a lot harder after there father had die at sea.
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( 2 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 22 2006
Are you a type of person that likes to read books about families going through a lot of drama and ends up solving everything little by little? Well, Lupita Manana is the book for you. It by a great author named Patricia Beatty. I n Lupita there are a lot of places where things are taken place but where the good stuff starts is a town called Indio in California. As for me the time period would be a depression for Lupitas family. You might be wondering well who is Lupita? Lupita is a young teenager always saying "manana"will be better along with her family living in Mexico. "Ay de mi"everything for Lupita starts changing when Lupitas father dies on "La Estrella"and Lupita and her older brother lives change when they find out they have to separate from the family to go earn money. With mamas last three words in mind "vaya con dios my daughter". I would be more than happy to tell you if they regret or if things went well when they crossed the border, yes, crossed the border "pobresitos" teenagers! I would say that the genre is a realistic because hey you never know it could happen and it could just be made up. The themes or should I say the big ideas are sadness, mysterious, and death. If your wondering what I thought or what my feelings towards it were I would say I really I did enjoy it. Learning that things could flip the other way around at any moment. What really got me thinking was that my parents went through the same but they were together or married but still teenagers. Would I recommend it to anyone? Well, if my description gave you enough details then check it out. Things I really loved about this book is that in every chapter something occurred and it got me to keep on reading to see what happened next. A criticism about Lupita Manana, well there isn't much to judge about it all. I can say is that you should read it and trust me you won't regret reading it. Once you start you will want to finish it.
