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The heroine of Urrea’s distinctive novel, Into the Beautiful North, is nineteen year-old Nayeli, beautiful and full of life, tenderhearted and courageous. Accompanied by a band of formidable helpmates, Nayeli embarks on a journey to save her town and find her father. Their quest takes the reader from Sinoloa, Mexico to Kankakee, Illinois and paints an illuminating portrait of America from an outsider’s point of view.

Into the Beautiful North is a Novel About a Quest

The novel begins in the fictional Mexican town of Tres Camarones where the men have all vanished north to the United States to find work. This exodus has left the town in danger, threatened by drug dealers and other traveling criminals. After a showing of the classic film The Magnificent Seven at the local cinema one evening, Nayeli decides to head north herself in search of seven men, warriors or soldiers, who will rescue and revive her barren town.