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    Red Midnight

    Written by Ben Mikaelsen

    Narrated by Chris Nunez

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    When guerrilla soldiers strike Santiago's village, they destroy everything in their path -- including his home and family. Santiago and his four-year-old sister escape, running for their lives. But the only way they can be truly safe is to leave Guatemala behind forever. So Santiago and Angelina set sail in a sea kayak their Uncle Ramos built while dreaming of his own escape. Sailing through narrow channels guarded by soldiers, shark-infested waters, and days of painful heat and raging storms, Santiago and Angelina face an almost impossible voyage hundreds of miles across the open ocean, heading for the hope of a new life in the United States.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 23, 2010
    ISBN9780739372678
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    Ben Mikaelsen

    Ben Mikaelsen is the winner of the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writers of America Spur Award. His novels have been nominated for and won many state reader's choice awards. These novels include Red Midnight, Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, Petey, and Tree Girl. Ben's articles and photos appear in numerous magazines around the world. Ben lives near Bozeman, Montana, with his 700-pound black bear, Buffy.

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    • 3/5
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      Guerrilla soldiers destroy Santiago's Guatemalan village and murder most of his family. Santiago and his four-year-old sister Angelina escape, running for their lives. But the only way they can be truly safe is to leave Guatemala behind forever. Santiago and Angelina follow the directions of their dying uncle Ramos and make their way to Lake Izabal, where they find his sea kayak he built while planning his own escape . The two children sail north towards America, facing the shark-infested open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, lack of food and water, and days of blistering heat and raging storms. Santiago and Angelina battle the elements as well as their own fears and desperate grief in this amazing tale of survival and hope of a new life in the United States. 6th grade and up.
    • 4/5
      Sailing the open sea in a kayak from Guatemala to the United States is an incredible adventure, but for 12 year old Santiago and his 4 year old sister, it is a fight to survive. After escaping the massacre and subsequent burning of their village to the safety of an uncle, and a quick sailing and navigation education, the two siblings begin their rough and dangerous journey. The two are plagued with blazing sun, storms, military patrol boats, near starvation and dehydration. Santiago is a responsible boy who remains sleep deprived in order to care for his sister and navigate the sea. After several weeks the two children land on the coast of Florida—weather-beaten and starving, but still hopeful for a bright future in the promised land that so many of their countrymen risked all to enter. The story is fast-paced action/adventure which will hook student interest, and it deals with multicultural issues that many students connect with—like immigration, emigration, refugee status in a foreign country, and the moral and legal responsibilities that people of different nations, races, and religions have to one another.