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Paulsen, Gary
THE CROSSING
New York : Dell, 1990.
IL 5-8 RL 7.1
ISBN 0440205824
Manny Bustos is one tough kid. He's a survivor. He lives on the street in a cardboard box in Juarez, Mexico. He sees in Robert S. Locke, an American GI who crosses the bridge to escape his Vietnam nightmare, the ultimate patron. Certainly a man who has money to throw away on drink has enough to spare for a red-haired street urchin. Their encounter in an alley with four thugs who have survived is the test for just how much Manny and Robert have in common.
SUBJECTS:     Emotional problems -- Fiction
                        Mexico -- Fiction

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