Barefoot Dream of Petra Luna by Alda P. Doobs, Hardcover Book.

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna is a riveting tale of one girl's dangerous journey to cross the U.S border. It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna’s mother has died during the Mexican Revolution. Soldiers take her father away, and Petra vows to him that she will care for her family, abuelita, little sister, and baby brother. They flee North through the unforgiving desert. Through battlefields, hunger, and fear, Petra will stop at nothing to keep her family safe and lead them to a better life across the U.S. border- a life where her dreams could become reality. BASED ON A TRUE STORY. 

• Hardcover 
• Text in English with few spanish words
• Juvenile Fiction/Independent Reader 
• For ages 8 and up 
• Approximate Measurements: Height 8 ½’’ Length 5’’ Width 1’’ 

“A brilliant and authentic historical novel about a young woman’s struggle for freedom. Petra Luna’s dream will fill your heart with courage.” 

• Francisco X. Stork, author of Illegal 

“What hunger would endure, what history would you sacrifice, what hazards would you brave to lead your family through war? Petra Luna’s incredible odyssey in pursuit of her ‘barefoot dreams’ is as vital and perilous and hopeful as that of today’s dreamers, who still set off across the desert seeking a better life in the U.S. more than a hundred years later.” 

• Alan Gratz, New York Times, best-selling author of Refugee 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alda P. Dobbs is as passionate about connecting children to their past, is about writing. Alda lives with her husband and two children outside of Houston, Texas.