Armando and his father are trash-pickers in Tijuana, Mexico, but when Señor David brings his "school"--a blue tarp set down near the garbage dump--to their neighborhood, Armando's father decides that he must attend classes and learn. Based on a true story.
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Cross Group
Content: Activism, Bi/multilingual, Economic Struggle
Settings: Mexico, Northern America
Ethnicity: Mexican
Immigration: Non-Immigrant
Gender: Boy/Man
Race/Culture: Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American, White/European American/Caucasian
Cross Group Sub: Central, Direct, Positive
Character Prominence: Joint Main