{"product_id":"beast-rider-a-novel","title":"Beast Rider: A Novel","description":"In Beast Rider, award-winning author Tony Johnston and psychotherapistMaria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads “offer a sympathetic, illuminating portrait of the challenges faced by one undocumented immigrant” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review).\n\nTwelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles. To cross the US border, he must become a “beast rider”—someone who hops on a train. The first time he tries, he is stopped by the Mexican police, who arrest and beat him. When he tries again, he is attacked by a Mexican gang and left for dead.\n\nJust when Manuel is ready to turn back, he finds new hope. Villagers clothe and feed him, help him find work, and eventually boost him back onto the train. When he finally arrives in LA and is reunited with his brother, he is elated. But the longer he’s there, the more he realizes that something isn’t right.\n\nThrilling and heartfelt, Beast Rider is a coming-of-age story that reveals how a place and its people help to define you.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 141973363X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.141973363X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Johnston, Tony|de Rhoads, María Elena Fontanot\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41603592421434,"sku":"DBV.141973363X.G","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/141973363X-0.jpg?v=1787194068","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/beast-rider-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}