![]() ![]() She then sets off on a burro across the desert to look for Jesús. So with the bartender’s help, Rhonda cuts her hair and assumes the identity of a Mexican boy named Angel. There a peyote- addled bartender convinces her she won’t be safe traveling alone into the country’s interior. She swims to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande and makes her way to the border town of Milagros, Mexico. ![]() But when the INS deports Jesús back to his home state of Oaxaca, Rhonda is left alone with her increasingly painful family situation.ĭetermined to find her friend Jésus, Rhonda seizes an opportunity to run away during a camping trip with friends to Big Bend National Park. The only reliable person in Rhonda’s life is her family’s Mexican yardman, Jesús. On the outside, everything looks perfect in Rhonda’s world, but at home Rhonda has to deal with a manipulative father who keeps her mentally ill mother hooked on pharmaceuticals. The Earthquake Machine tells the story of 14 year-old Rhonda. I usually write my own summary of a book but since this book is a little hard to describe, here’s the author’s summary: The Earthquake Machine is a book by new author Mary Pauline Lowry. ![]()
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