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Into the Beautiful North

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Into the Beautiful North is a book written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown.[1]
Written in 2009, it is set in Mexico and then the United States[2] as the main character Nayeli seeks seven
men to help defend her small Mexican town against the bandidos who plan to take over.

Synopsis
The town of Tres Camarones is accosted by bandidos at a time when most of the men in the town have gone
to America to look for work. After watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli, a nineteen year old girl, decides
to travel to America to convince seven of the town's best fighters to come back and fight the bandidos [3]
Nayeli and her three friends Yolo, Vampi and Tacho, begin their journey with the financial support of her
aunt Tia Irma, the mayor of the town. Along the way they lose their luggage and a good deal of their money.
In Tijuana, a garbage picker and skilled fighter named Atomiko helps them across the border. Once across,
Nayeli seeks out the assistance of Matt, a missionary who had come to their town three years in the past and
left her his phone number. They find two more warriors in a migrant worker camp.
Tia Irma takes a plane to San Diego to meet up with them, and while she continues searching for four more
candidates to bring back to Mexico, Nayeli and Tacho leave for Kankakee, Illinois to look for Nayeli's
father, a former policeman. However, they find that her father has a new family, and she leaves without
speaking to him. Meanwhile, Tia Irma has rounded up twenty-seven fighters.
The story ends as a boy on the roof of Nayeli's taco shop shouts that he sees her in the distance with an army
behind her.[4]

Reception
A review in SF Gate compares the plot and writing style unfavorably with Urrea's earlier novel, and a
Kirkus review of the book criticized the ending, and the book overall as not the author's best work.[5]
Bookpage was more positive, calling the book "thoroughly enjoyable",[6] and Publishers Weekly extols its
colorful characters and humor.[7]

References
1. "Into The Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea" (http://quarterlyconversation.com/into-the-beautiful-northby-luis-alberto-urrea). Review by Lucy Popescu. The Quarterly Conversation.
2. " Book Review: Into the Beautiful North" (http://latinostories.com/Brown_Latino_Literature_Project
/Brown_Literature_Project_Book_Reviews/Into_the_Beautiful_North.htm). Latino Stories.
3. Ryan, Valerie. "Book review: 'Into the Beautiful North: Searching for seven magnificent men'"
(http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2009278728_br31urrea.html). Seattle Times.
4. ""Into the Beautiful North: Searching for seven magnificent men" (http://old.seattletimes.com/html/books
/2009278728_br31urrea.html). by Valerie Ryan, The Seattle Times.
5. "INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH" (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/luis-alberto-urrea/intothe-beautiful-north/). Kirkus.
6. " Into the Beautiful North The tao of Estip" (http://bookpage.com/reviews/6023-luis-alberto-urrea-into-beautifulnorth#.VV4e1kZ0elo). BookPage, review by Ian Schwartz, June 2009.
7. "Into the Beautiful North" (http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-02527-0). Publishers Weekly.

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