{"product_id":"crossing-the-wire-9780060741402","title":"Crossing the Wire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this riveting, action-packed novel from award-winning author Will Hobbs, a teenage boy hoping to help his loved ones must fight for his life as he makes the dangerous journey across the Mexican border into the United States. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in an attempt to \"cross the wire\" from Mexico into America so he can find work and help ease the finances at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with no coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal workers across the border, Victor struggles to survive as he jumps trains, stows away on trucks, and hikes grueling miles through the Arizona desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor's passage is fraught with freezing cold, scorching heat, hunger, and dead ends. It's a gauntlet run by many attempting to cross the border, but few make it. Through Victor's desperate perseverance, Will Hobbs brings to life a story that is true for many, polarizing for some, but life-changing for all who read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaim for \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e includes the following: \u003cstrong\u003eNew York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, Junior Library Guild Selection, Americas Awards Commended Title, Heartland Award, Southwest Book Award, \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eNotable Books for Global Society.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobbs, Will:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWill Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eFar North\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTake Me to the River\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever Say Die\u003c\/em\u003e began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641646518546,"sku":"9780060741402","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0742621-7906-460b-8ab7-ada28d6b4a54.jpg?v=1733027914","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crossing-the-wire-9780060741402","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}