Many people immigrate to the U.S. in seek of a better quality life and more equal opportunities. They come looking to achieve their dreams of making more money and providing their families with a better lifestyle, over the years this has been known as the American Dream. It has become a tendency among many families of third world countries to someday be able to come to America. This is exactly what happened in the book “The Distance Between Us” by Reyna Grande, a Mexican American author, whose family immigrated to the U.S. In her book she gives her family's and her experience on coming to “El Otro Lado” like many people from Mexico call America. She explains how it affected her family to come to the U.S. in seek of the American Dream. She also