When fifteen-year-old Miguel leaves his rancho deep in Mexico to migrate to California across la linea, the border, his life is about to begin. Or so her thins. Facil. Everyone told us how easy it was to hop on board the train. And everyone told us about the unlucky ones who didn't make it. The ones who survived were all over town, broken and abandoned, but still living. They were everywhere. Miguel's carefully laid plans change suddenly when his younger sister, Elena, disguises herself and follows him. Together, Miguel and Elena endure hardships and danger on their journey of desperation and desire, loyalty and betrayal. An epilogue, set ten years after the events of the story, show that you can't always count on dreams- even the ones that come true.
