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Solito : a memoir / Javier Zamora.

Zamora, Javier, (author.).

Summary:
"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, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee 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 as gripping as it is moving, 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 book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593498064
  • ISBN: 0593498062
  • Physical Description: 384 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: London ; Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Read with Jenna"--Jacket.
Awards Note:
Alex Award winner, 2023
Subject: Zamora, Javier.
Zamora, Javier > Childhood and youth.
Poets, American > Biography.
Refugee children > United States > Biography.
Refugee children > El Salvador > Biography.
Immigrant children > United States > Biography.
Immigrant children > El Salvador > Biography.
Noncitizen children > United States > Biography.
Salvadoran Americans > Biography.
Border crossing > Mexican-American Border Region.
Salvadorans > Biography.
Noncitizens > Mexico > Biography.
Noncitizens > United States > Social conditions.
Undocumented immigrants > United States.
Niños inmigrantes.
Niños refugiados.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 39 of 46 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 4 current holds with 46 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library 92 ZAMORA (Text) 50687011800342 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 ZAMORA (Text) 50686016219144 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 ZAMORA (Text) 50686016224011 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library B ZAM (Text) 37268003148004 AHMFL Biography Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 811.6 ZAM (Text) 33240005147544 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bangor Public Library B 92 ZAM (Text) 75011000382173 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 305.868 Z255s (Text) 85131001845537 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library B ZAMORA (Text) 30183000965549 Adult Biography Available -
Dalton Community Library 92 ZAMORA (Text) 50689090008342 Browsing Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults Zamora Biography (Text) 34001001442795 Adult Area Available -


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