Description Twelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles.
She lives in Mérida, Mexico..
Maria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads is a Mexican psychotherapist who specializes in childhood trauma.
She lives with her family in San Marino, California.
About the Author Tony Johnston is the award-winning author of more than 100 children\'s books.
Thrilling and heartfelt, Beast Rider is a coming-of-age story that reveals how a place and its people help to define you.
But the longer he\'s there, the more he realizes that something isn\'t right.
When he finally arrives in LA and is reunited with his brother, he is elated.
Villagers clothe and feed him, help him find work, and eventually boost him back onto the train.
Just when Manuel is ready to turn back, he finds new hope.
When he tries again, he is attacked by a Mexican gang and left for dead.
The first time he tries, he is stopped by the Mexican police, who arrest and beat him.
To cross the US border, he must become a "Beast rider"--someone who hops on a train.
Description Twelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles
