Fun Five: Bettina Restrepo
Fun Five
Bettina Restrepo
Author of Illegal
1. Describe your favorite blanket.
My favorite blankets belong to my son. Woobie is a soft yellow cotton. We’ve had three replicas, and two of them are *somewhere* in the world. When we lost Woobie #2, we were in an airport and desperate. I bought a blue and brown stripe cotton similar in feel and told my son, “This is Bob. Woobie’s sister (version 2) sent him to keep Woobie company.”
I’ve created many adventures of Woobie and Bob, and the site of them always make me smile.
2. What type of berry do you enjoy most?
Blackberries bought on the side of the road for $5 a coffee can near Hempsted, Texas. I think they might be wild, but, I just drool thinking about them come springtime.
3. What is the farthest you have traveled from your home?
The Southern tip of Argentina. Patagonia!
4. How many movies do you see each month (generally)?
Does it count if we play Star Wars over and over again? If not 3-4 on cable.
5. Which celebrity would you love to have dinner with?
Zach Braff. He’s kinda-of my secret imaginary boyfriend, although he doesn’t know it. I like goofy-looking guys who make me laugh. If he isn’t available, I’ll take Steve Martin for the same reason.
More about Illegal:
Nora is on a desperate journey far away from home. When her father leaves their beloved Mexico in search of work, Nora fights to make sense of her loss while waiting for her father’s return and a better day. When the letters and money from her father stop coming, Nora decides that she and her mother must look for him in Texas. After a harrowing experience crossing the border, the two are all alone in a strange place called Houston. Now, Nora figures out how to survive while still aching for small comforts: friends, a new school, and a quinceañera to mark her fifteenth birthday.
Buy it at Amazon
Related Posts:
Related Posts
-
Fun Five: Allan Woodrow
Posted on Apr 29, 2011
-
Fun Five: Hannah Moskowitz
Posted on Apr 10, 2011
-
Fun Five: Lindsey Leavitt
Posted on Mar 7, 2011
-
Review: Illegal by Bettina Restrepo
Posted on Feb 22, 2011
Tags
Share This
Twitter: booksandwine
USA, and without a doubt I would!
USA. And if I had no idea what had happened to my family — yes. I’d need answers.
Flo- well stated about needing answers.
Gae- you are a mess.
Mari Cari – I never know when I’ll find those people out on 290. Just look on the side of road with people with cardboard signs and big coffee cans!
Kelsey and Jamad – yeah for international!
Wendy – crossing into Canada is just as hard. “Ask me no questions” – great book.
Nancye – not trite at all, you should see what I do to Nora in chapter 11!
I would definitely cross a border illegally to save my family. It’s human nature to want to survive despite the laws developed by man.
Thanks for the giveaway!
mrsderaps @ hotmail . com
we keep meeting like this
not an entry, but I love fun five! Also, when Bettina said blackberry, I thought she meant the phone thingie and wanted to know if I could get a $5 blackberry on the side of the road. But I do love the fruit too.
I loved Illegal!
Bett: Where about in Hempsted because I might have to road trip there! LOL
I live in NY so Canada would be easiest for me, LOL but that’s kinda cheating.
So… Yes I would cross a border illegally for my family! Family is everything to me. And It might just be a fun adventure anyway.
Please enter me – sounds great!
forevereading at gmail dot com
Sound like a good book.
Thanks for the great give a way.
Sounds like a good book.
Thanks for a great give-a-way.
Twitter: SteveDayOD
United States. Yes.
I really want to read this one. Great interview thanks so much.
Oh and yes without a doubt
Twitter: BasicallyBooks
US and absolutely!!!
Yes! No matter how hard, I definitely would do it! Id love to read this, sounds interesting!!
-Jamad
Canada
I’m in the United States. Yes I would, family means everything to me.
Illegal sounds like a fantastic book, thanks for the giveaway.
I’m in the USA, and heck yes I would do it if I had to!
United States. Yes.
United States. Yes
Im form the UK =D and yes I would if they where missing I would do anything to get them back
Twitter: 365DaysReading
USA, and yeah, definitely!
Thanks for the interview!
Twitter: NancyeDavis
USA. YES!! It may sounds trite to say, but here goes anyway–I’d walk through FIRE to find my family!! They are everything to me!!
nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net
I’m from Puerto Rico. I would cross the border for my family. I’d do anything for them.
Most definitely, I would cross the border illegally to try to find my family. Breaking the law is a small price to pay.
Jennie – high fives to the Latinas! PR is so beautiful
United States. Yes I would.
USA yes i would family is everything i would take any measure i needed to get to my family
USA, and there would be no hesistation I definitely would.
Yes. (well, probably, you never can tell with me xD) I take advantage of them lot..but I’d like to think I would. Just joking, of course I would!
I’m from England, by the way
USA, and heck yes I would. I love my family and something like country borders wouldn’t stop me from finding them.
Sasha, well said. A border is a line in the sand, but family and their comforts reach beyond!
Twitter: maestra_amanda
I’d love to win a copy for my ELL class!
Twitter: maestra_amanda
Yes, I would cross to find my family.
UK, no doubt in my mind that I would and without hesistation!
I am from Panamá. Yes I would do it
I would most definitely cross the borders for my family. I’m originally from Germany, and being able to cross borders means the world to me.
Kansas USA
Vivien
deadtossedwaves at gmail dot com
Vivien,
My mother is orginally from germany. She came over in 1963 after she met my father in the army. He is Colombian and enetered the US military to earn citizenship!
United States. If I was all by myself in some country (even the USA) and my family was in some other country. I’d become the Cheese, grab my bike, and go find them (after packing a survival pack, and maybe DVRing a couple seasons of Man vs. Wild). There’s no way I’d sit there twidling my thumbs when I know my family is out there, and I’ve always wanted to go on a dangerous adventure (ever since I started reading). The real question is wether I’d take someone with me.
You are cracking me with with the cheese thing! I definitly think a couple of episodes of Man Vs. Wild would be helpful!
United States – and yes, totally would.
Thanks for the giveaway! i’ve been want to read this book!
Indonesia.. And sure I would do that for my family !!
i can’t wait to get my hands to read your book Bettina
United States. Yes
United States and yes I would cross a border illegally for my family!!
United States. Yes
andrew and troy….. come on and give me some meat on your answers
Also, this entry closes out this blogs contest entries. I appreciate all the comments!
Winners will be announced on my Facebook page on April 1.
USA, and yes I would, they are my life
USA… I would most definitely!!! My family is my everything, and without them I would be lost!!
USA and yes I would!