The Border is a finalist for the 2019 Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award!

We are thrilled to announce that The Border by Steve Schafer was announced as a finalist for the 2019 Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award!

The Kaywell Award is given to “the book that best represents an adolescent’s overcoming a situation–not of his or her own making--in such a way to provide significant insight and hope to a reader.” 

To read more about the award, click here.
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​Perfect for readers of This Is Where it Ends, The Border is a gripping drama about four teens, forced to flee home after a deadly cartel rips apart their families. They must now face life-threatening danger and unimaginable sacrifice as they attempt to cross the U.S. border.

"Thrilling...often brilliant."--Kirkus

One moment changed their lives forever.

A band plays, glasses clink, and four teens sneak into the Mexican desert, the hum of celebration receding behind them.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

Not fireworks—gunshots. The music stops. And Pato, Arbo, Marcos, and Gladys are powerless as the lives they once knew are taken from them.

Then they are seen by the gunmen. They run. Except they have nowhere to go. The narcos responsible for their families' murders have put out a reward for the teens' capture. Staying in Mexico is certain death, but attempting to cross the border through an unforgiving desert may be as deadly as the secrets they are trying to escape...