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Migrant (2011)

by Maxine Trottier(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0888999755 (ISBN13: 9780888999757)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Groundwood Books

review 1: This book is about a young girl who travels from Mexico each Spring to farm fruit and vegetables with her family. With each journey Anna feels like a different animal representing various features from the story. For example, she feels like a bird flying south in the Fall with each trip her family takes back home after the harvest season. In all, Anna also wonders what it would feel like to be rooted as a tree is in one, permanent location. This books focuses on the meaning of migrant workers and immigration, and reveals how Anna mainly feels like a “feather in the wind” since her family can leave their locations so easily as the seasons change. The genres are informational books, realistic fiction, and folktales. The age range for this book is from four to seven years... more old. Also, the quality of this book is in great relation to my text set theme as it portrays immigrant life styles and family traditions related to migration. This books also tells a narrative about the young child’s experiences with moving from one country to another, while remaining true to her culture.
review 2: Anna is the youngest in a Canadian-Mennonite migrant family that travels from Mexico to Canada for work. She conveys their life through effective metaphors that give readers the warm fuzzies instead of feeling the poverty of it. For example Anna describes sleeping in a bed with all of her sisters as being like kittens all snuggled up together.All in all a beautiful work of art and text that tells a story of a little known population. Historical references included with author's note on the subject of Canadian Mennonites. less

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