Book description
Winner of the Pura Belpre Award!
"We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness." -Sandra Cisneros, author of…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Efrén Divided as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Efrén Divided, Ernesto Cisneros' beautifully written story of a family broken apart by ICE deportation in the US, is even more heartbreakingly relevant today than when it came out in 2020. A must-read for kids and their loved ones.
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