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Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2016HMH Books for Young Readers · 272 pages · 9780544668706
- Other · English · 2014260 pages · 9780544109414
SegregationJuvenile fictionHistoryRain forestsRacismNovels in verseFictionChildren's fiction