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Text copyright © 2016 by Alexandra Diaz
Jacket illustrations copyright © 2016 by Rebecca Green
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Diaz, Alexandra, author.
Title: The only road / Alexandra Diaz.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] | “A Paula Wiseman Book.” | Summary: “Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel.”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015046179| ISBN 9781481457507 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481457521 (e-book)
Subjects: | CYAC: Emigration and immigration--Fiction. | Refugees—Fiction. | Guatemalan Americans—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America. | JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues).
Classification: LCC PZ7.D5432 On 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015046179