South of the Border Book

this is a story of how the u.s.-mexican border runs through the middle of a modern american family. frank, an american teenager whose father ran off to mexico after he was born, doesn't like mexicans much. he even called ice to report illegals at his work and joined the minuteman border patrol to keep people like his dad out of the country. when immigration agents show up at his job, he is arrested along with several other co-workers. school id cards don't cut it with ice. having a mexican name didn't help. after he is deported, he finds an uncle and learns the shocking truth about his father's disappearance and the mexican heritage he has tried so hard to deny. desperate to get home, he takes the advice of a local border merchant and tries several different methods of sneaking across the border. with each new apprehension, the penalties for his crime increase. the next time he is caught, he will be banned from entering the united states for life. frank's final attempt to get home wil