The Distance Between Us Young Readers Edition Summary

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The distance between us young readers edition summary. In her memoir the distance between us reyna grande reflects on her rough childhood and teenage years. Mami an avon saleslady often leaves reyna alone or with her mother whom reyna calls abuelita chinta when she goes out on the town this time though reyna can sense that her mother is going on a longer trip and will not be back for a long time reyna has no idea though that after her mother. The distance between us summary. Both funny and heartbreaking the distance between us beautifully captures the struggle that reyna and her siblings endured while trying to assimilate to a different culture language and family life in el otro lado the other side.

One sunny day in may of 1985 when reyna is four months away from turning ten her cousin comes to pay her and her siblings a visit informing them that papi is going to call on the phone at abuela evila s in an hour. Reyna and her older siblings mago and carlos beg mami not to leave but she insists she must leave to join their father who has already been working in the us for years in order to make money for their family. My students can t get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof graham s. Reyna grande was born on september 7 of 1975 in iguala guerrero mexico.

They set off immediately for their other grandmother s house anticipating what papi could possibly be calling. This book is a memoir by reyna grande and her life in mexico and the united states. Reyna and her siblings dance around in a circle overjoyed. In 1980 four year old reyna grande s mother is preparing to leave mexico for the united states el otro lado or the other side as it is known in their impoverished city of iguala.

The theme of this book is that both physical and emotional distances can separate peop. It is january of 1980 and reyna s mother is preparing to leave on a trip to el otro lado.