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Book

Rendez-vous in Phoenix

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 S218 TEEN (OSH)

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Publication Information

Chicago, IL : Magnetic Press, 2016.

Physical Description

80 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm

Audience

T; 14 and up; contains scenes of political controversy and suggested violence.

Summary

Tony Sandoval was born and raised in northwestern Mexico, where the temptation to cross the border in the US ultimately becomes a matter of the heart. Drawn by the need to reunited with his American girlfriend and faced with an insurmountable visa process standing in the way of their relationship, he makes the ultimate romantic gesture: smuggling himself across the border, despite the dangers he'll face from the blistering heat, vicious bandits, barbed wire, and - most daunting of all - the US border patrol. An autobiographical account by the three-time Eisner-nominated writer/artist, this true story shines reliable light on the hot-topic immigration issue in the news today.

Notes

Originally published as Rendez-vous a Phoenix, Editions, Paquet-Geneva, 2016.

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