Finalist for the J.
Joshua Davis\'s Spare Parts is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and Four young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country--even as the country tried to kick them out.. they won But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story--which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement--will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. . .
This was never a level competition--and yet, against all odds .
The Phoenix Teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their Robot out of scavenged parts.
They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil.
Their Robot wasn\'t pretty, especially compared to those of the competition.
And build a Robot they did.
No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much--but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, Undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot.
They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. and a major motion picture In 2004, Four Latino Teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. . .
Anthony Lukas Book Prize New York Times Best Seller Four Undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest .
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