{"product_id":"spare-parts-four-undocumented-teenagers-one-ugly-robot-and-the-battle-for-the-american-dream","title":"Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream","description":"Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country―even as the country tried to kick them out.\n\nFour undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . .\n\nIn 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much―but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot.\n\nAnd build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. This was never a level competition―and yet, against all odds . . . they won!\n\nBut this is just the beginning for these four, whose story―which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement―will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan.\n\nFinalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize\nNew York Times Best Seller\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374534985\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UE34003OYV_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Davis, Joshua\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374796013629,"sku":"31UE34003OYV_ns","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374534985-0.jpg?v=1784598669","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/spare-parts-four-undocumented-teenagers-one-ugly-robot-and-the-battle-for-the-american-dream","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}