02220cam a2200385 i 4500 431271673 TxAuBib 20200824120000.0 200407s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020010973 9781338310559 HRD 18.99 1338310550 HRD 18.99 TxAuBib rda Stork, Francisco X. Illegal. Illegal [BOOK] / Francisco X. Stork. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. 291 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Follow-up novel to Disappeared. Life in Mexico is a death sentence for Emiliano and his sister Sara. To escape the violent cartel that is after them, they flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping that they can find a way to bring their pursuers to justice. Sara turns herself over to the authorities to apply for asylum. Emiliano enters the country illegally, planning to live with their father. But now Sara is being held indefinitely in a detention facility, awaiting an asylum hearing that may never come, finding it harder every day to hold on to her faith and hope. Life for Emiliano is not easy either. Everywhere he goes, it's clear that he doesn't belong. And all the while, the cartel is closing in on them... Emiliano sets off on a tense and dangerous race to find justice, but can he expose the web of crimes from his place in the shadows? Provided by publisher. Ages 12+. Scholastic Press. Grades 7-9. Scholastic Press. 20200824. Emigration and immigration Young adult fiction. Undocumented immigrants Young adult fiction. Human trafficking Young adult fiction. Siblings Young adult fiction. Mexicans United States Young adult fiction. Detention of persons Young adult fiction. Illinois Young adult fiction. Texas Young adult fiction.