Rosa Takes a Chance Mexican Immigrants in the Dust Bowl Years

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.Miller, Susan Martins is the author of 'Rosa Takes a Chance Mexican Immigrants in the Dust Bowl Years', published 2006 under ISBN 9781597890656 and ISBN 1597890650.