Seuss, a point that's often made throughout. It finds immigration policy as ludicrous as the Sneetches' worries about belly stars in Dr. The narrative perspective is very much that of a kid overwhelmed by a sense that his family and others are being treated badly, and effectively conveys what it might feel like. When the mom gets deported, the family is thrown into disarray, which only gets worse as their first attempts to get her back fail, and seventh grader Efrén must shoulder more responsibility. It involves a loving, hardworking, lower-income family who live in a single studio apartment it's all they can afford since the parents of the U.S.-born kids are in the country without immigration papers, so low-paying, often unstable work is all they can get. Parents need to know that Efrén Divided is the first novel by Ernesto Cisneros, who grew up in the Southern California neighborhood where most of the story takes place.

Kind teachers and administrators at school provide stability, support when things are at their worst. Efrén points out that while most of the kids in the neighborhood hijack internet using stolen codes on the neighbors' Wi-Fi, his mom has always insisted they pay for their internet account. Despite this, they teach their kids good values. illegally, and live in constant fear as they work hard and try to keep their U.S.-born kids safe, living in a studio apartment in an iffy neighborhood. Efrén's parents fled a desperate situation in Mexico, entered the U.S.

He lives with his grandmother because his father abandoned him and his mom has a drinking problem. His best friend, David, the only White kid in the neighborhood, has a big nose, loves flashy clothes, is sometimes foolish and full of himself but proves a more true and loyal friend than Efrén in a bad moment gives him credit for.

For most of story he's not only his siblings' main caregiver, he also works hard, does well at school. Efrén is carrying a heavy load for a seventh grader, even before his mom gets deported.

Efrén divided by ernesto cisneros