Beast Rider: A Novel

Beast Rider: A Novel

Beast Rider: A Novel

Beast Rider: A Novel

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Overview

In Beast Rider, award-winning author Tony Johnston and psychotherapistMaria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads “offer a sympathetic, illuminating portrait of the challenges faced by one undocumented immigrant” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review).

Twelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles. To cross the US border, he must become a “beast rider”—someone who hops on a train. The first time he tries, he is stopped by the Mexican police, who arrest and beat him. When he tries again, he is attacked by a Mexican gang and left for dead.

Just when Manuel is ready to turn back, he finds new hope. Villagers clothe and feed him, help him find work, and eventually boost him back onto the train. When he finally arrives in LA and is reunited with his brother, he is elated. But the longer he’s there, the more he realizes that something isn’t right.

Thrilling and heartfelt, Beast Rider is a coming-of-age story that reveals how a place and its people help to define you.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419733635
Publisher: Amulet Books
Publication date: 03/19/2019
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 1,083,819
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile: HL630L (what's this?)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Tony Johnston is the award-winning author of more than 100 children’s books. She lives with her family in San Marino, California.


Maria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads is a Mexican psychotherapist who specializes in childhood trauma. She lives in Mérida, Mexico.
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