Sisters In Time Series: Rosa Takes a Chance, Mexican Immigrants in the Dust Bowl Years (1935)

By: Susan Martins Miller

Product Description

Rosa Sanchez's parents took a chance on their future by emigrating from Mexico to the United States. Now, the ten-year-old takes a chance of her own. She wants to go to school! That's not easy for an immigrant girl in the Texas Panhandle of 1935, and it's even more challenging when the terrible, black-clouded storms of the "Dust Bowl" strike. Can Rosa hold to her God-given dream of a good education while her family battles for survival on the windswept plains? This novel for 8- to 12-year-old girls features historical events to teach compelling lessons in American history and the Christian faith.

Product Information

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 144
Vendor: Barbour Publishing
Publication Date: 2006
Dimensions: 8 1/2 X 6 X 1/2 (inches)

ISBN: 1597890650
ISBN-13: 9781597890656
Availability: In Stock
Ages: 8-12
Series: Sisters in Time

Publisher's Description

Time Period: 1934 - 1935 Rosa Sanchez's parents took a chance on their future by emigrating from Mexico to the United States. Now, the ten-year-old takes a chance of her own. She wants to go to school! That's not easy for an immigrant girl in the Texas Panhandle of 1935-and it's even more challenging when the terrible, black-clouded storms of the "Dust Bowl" strike. Can Rosa hold to her God-given dream of a good education while her family battles for survival on the windswept plains? This novel for eight- to twelve-year-old girls features historical events to teach compelling lessons in American history and the Christian faith.