{"product_id":"the-distance-between-us-young-readers-edition-9781481463713","title":"The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her \"compelling...unvarnished, resonant\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced to live with their stern grandmother, as they wait for their parents to build the foundation of a new life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when things don't go quite as planned, Reyna finds herself preparing for her own journey to \"El Otro Lado\" to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years: her long-absent father. Both funny and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us \u003c\/i\u003ebeautifully 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReyna Grande is an award-winning author, motivational speaker, and writing teacher. As a young girl, she crossed the US-Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles, a harrowing journey chronicled in \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her other books include the novels \u003ci\u003eA Ballad of Love and Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcross a Hundred Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Dancing with Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoirs \u003ci\u003eThe Distance Between Us: Young Readers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDream Called Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and the anthology \u003ci\u003eSomewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurvival, and New Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Woodland, California, with her husband and two children. Visit ReynaGrande.com for more information.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466559295762,"sku":"9781481463713","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e068442-9f22-4c77-8aa7-45d76770eeaa.jpg?v=1730123369","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-distance-between-us-young-readers-edition-9781481463713","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}