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Zamora, Javier.
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Zamora, Javier -- Childhood and youth.
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Unaccompanied immigrant children -- United States -- Biography.
Illegal immigration -- United States.
Noncitizen children -- United States -- Biography.
Refugee children -- El Salvador -- Biography.
Salvadoran Americans -- Biography.
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Zamora, Javier.
Zamora, Javier -- Childhood and youth.
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Unaccompanied immigrant children -- United States -- Biography.
Illegal immigration -- United States.
Noncitizen children -- United States -- Biography.
Refugee children -- El Salvador -- Biography.
Salvadoran Americans -- Biography.
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Solito : a memoir / Javier Zamora.
by
Zamora, Javier.
Hogarth, 2022.
Call #:
921
Z25s
Subjects
Zamora, Javier -- Childhood and youth.
Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Unaccompanied immigrant children -- United States -- Biography.
Illegal immigration -- United States.
Noncitizen children -- United States -- Biography.
Refugee children -- El Salvador -- Biography.
Salvadoran Americans -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780593498064 (hc.)
Description:
384 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir hailed as the mythic journey of our era (Sandra Cisneros) Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago -- 'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a coyote hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, living under the same roof again. He does not see the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. A memoir by an acclaimed poet that reads like a novel, Solito not only provides an immediate and intimate account of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home."--From publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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10
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