Return to Sender
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"Return to Sender" is a young adult novel by Julia Alvarez that explores themes of immigration, family, and cultural identity through the story of a Vermont farm boy and the undocumented Mexican family working for his parents.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Return to Sender canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Julia Alvarez ⓘ |
| character |
Mari
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Mari’s family ⓘ Tyler ⓘ Tyler’s parents ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalUse | classroom discussions about immigration and identity ⓘ |
| genre |
realistic fiction
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Mexican American experience
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citizenship and belonging ⓘ cross-cultural understanding ⓘ family separation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAward | Pura Belpré Award ⓘ |
| literaryRecognition | Pura Belpré Author Award winner ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cultural identity
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family ⓘ friendship ⓘ immigration ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | alternating perspectives ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Vermont farm boy’s family hires an undocumented Mexican family to save their farm, and he befriends the daughter while both families face immigration-related challenges. ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Mari
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Tyler ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Vermont ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
middle grade readers
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young adults ⓘ |
| topic |
Mexican migrant workers
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farm labor ⓘ immigration enforcement ⓘ rural life in Vermont ⓘ undocumented immigrants in the United States ⓘ |
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