Undocumented

A Worker's Fight

Duncan Tonatiuh

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Abrams ComicArts
01 June 2018

Migration, immigration & emigration

Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh’s picture book is “a gorgeous, timely, and necessary offering about the daily plight of undocumented workers in the United States” (Library Journal).

Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight is the story of immigrant workers who have come to the United States without papers. Every day, these men and women join the work force and contribute positively to society. The story is told via the ancient Mixtec codex, accordion-fold format.

Juan grew up in Mexico working in the fields to help provide for his family. Struggling for money, Juan crosses over into the United States and becomes an undocumented worker, living in a poor neighborhood, working hard to survive. Though he is able to get a job as a busboy at a restaurant, he is severely undercompensated—he receives less than half of the minimum wage! Risking his boss reporting him to the authorities for not having proper resident papers, Juan risks everything and stands up for himself and the rest of the community.

“Multiple Pura Belpré Medal and Honor-awarded Tonatiuh channels his interest in the Mixtec codex format to create a superb modern odyssey, stupendously illustrated in his signature contemporary adaptation of Pre-Columbian art forms, presented on accordion pages in a handsome slip-box.” —Booklist (Starred Review)

By: Duncan Tonatiuh
Imprint: Abrams ComicArts
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 273mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781419728549
ISBN 10: 1419728547
Pages: 26
Publication Date: 01 June 2018
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Duncan Tonatiuh was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende. His books (including Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns, A Land of Books, and Separate Is Never Equal) have received many awards over the years. He currently lives in San Miguel with his wife and children but travels in the United States often.

Reviews for Undocumented: A Worker's Fight

Remarkable...The artwork is deliberately evocative of Mesoamerican logography, with figures and perspectives that feel at once bizarre and totally familiar. -- Vulture Undocumented, featuring multi-award winning author/illustrator Tonatiuh's (The Princess and the Warrior) vibrant, stylized illustrations, is an all-too-real discussion about fair pay and the hostility U.S. citizens often display toward undocumented immigrants. -- Shelf Awareness By focusing on the narrative of one immigrant worker, Tonatiuh breaks the mammoth issues of immigration and workers rights into an easy-to-swallow bite, allowing the reader to easily engage with an often intimidating topic. The personal is again political. Highly recommended. -- Kirkus