Authors: Yvonne Prinz

Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Social Issues, #Adolescence, #Lifestyles, #Farm & Ranch Life, #Family, #Parents

All You Get Is Me (25 page)

Heartfelt thanks to Charlotte Sheedy, Susan Rich, Meredith Kaffel, Alex Green, Ed Greer, Gail Wadsworth, Andrew Smith, Joe Henry, Gonzalo Villeblanca, the Amoeba Dream Team, and Dave (really sorry about the Post-its all over the kitchen table).

Also by Yvonne Prinz

THE
VINYL
Princess

Joe Henry quote used with permission from the artist.

All You Get Is Me
Copyright © 2011 by Yvonne Prinz

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Prinz, Yvonne.

All you get is me / Yvonne Prinz. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: Almost sixteen-year-old city-transplant Aurora must adapt to life on an organic farm as she navigates an eventful summer when she falls in love, discovers that her mother has left for good, and watches her father take a bold stand in defense of the rights of undocumented Mexican farmworkers.

ISBN 978-0-06-171580-8

[1. Farm life—California—Fiction. 2. Mexicans—United States—Fiction. 3. Migrant labor—Fiction. 4. Illegal aliens—Fiction. 5. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. 6. Grief—Fiction. 7. California—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.P93678Al 2011 2010007822

[Fic]—dc22 CIP

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