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  ALEXANDRA DIAZ is the author of When We Were, which was an ALA Rainbow List book and a New Mexico Book Award finalist. Alexandra is the daughter of Cuban immigrants and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but got her MA in writing for young people at Bath Spa University in England. A native Spanish speaker, Alexandra now teaches creative writing to adults and teens. Her website is alexandra-diaz.com.

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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