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Author:
Zamora, Javier, author.
Title:
Solito / Javier Zamora ; traducción, José García Escobar.
Edition:
Primera edición.
Publisher:
Vintage Español,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
587 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Zamora, Javier.
Zamora, Javier--Childhood and youth.
Unaccompanied refugee children--El Salvador--Biography.
Unaccompanied refugee children--United States--Biography.
Refugee children--United States--Biography.
Refugee children--El Salvador--Biography.
Immigrant children--United States--Biography.
Immigrant children--El Salvador--Biography.
Refugees--El Salvador--Biography.
Refugees--United States--Biography.
Poets, American--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.
Illegal immigration--United States.
Enfants réfugiés non accompagnés--Salvador--Biographies.
Enfants réfugiés non accompagnés--États-Unis--Biographies.
Enfants réfugiés--États-Unis--Biographies.
Enfants réfugiés--Salvador--Biographies.
Enfants immigrants--États-Unis--Biographies.
Enfants immigrants--Salvador--Biographies.
Réfugiés--Salvador--Biographies.
Réfugiés--États-Unis--Biographies.
Poètes américains--Biographies.
Enfants immigrants clandestins--États-Unis--Biographies.
Américains d'origine salvadorienne--Biographies.
Passage de frontière--Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Salvadoriens--Biographies.
Immigrants clandestins--États-Unis--Conditions sociales.
Immigration clandestine--États-Unis.
Refugiados--El Salvador--Biografía.
Inmigrantes--Estados Unidos.--Biografía.
Poetas--Estados Unidos--Biografía.
Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Región)
Undocumented Immigrants.
Border crossing
Illegal immigration
Immigrant children
Noncitizen children
Noncitizens
Noncitizens--Social conditions
Poets, American
Refugee children
Salvadoran Americans
Salvadorans
Unaccompanied immigrant children
El Salvador
Mexico
North America--Mexican-American Border Region
United States
Niños refugiados--Estados Unidos.
Niños refugiados--El Salvador.
Niños inmigrantes--Estados Unidos.
Niños inmigrantes--El Salvador.
Spanish language materials.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Materiales en español.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiografías
Other Authors:
García Escobar, José, translator.
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, publisher.
Other Titles:
Solito. Spanish.
Notes:
Translation of: Solito, a memoir. Subtitle on cover: Memorias.
Summary:
Desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador hasta llega a la frontera con Estados Unidos, la aventura de Javier Zamora es un viaje de tres mil millas. Va a reunirse con sus padres, una travesía que en su imaginación infantil durará solo dos semanas, pero que en realidad le tomará dos meses. Viajará solo y, como cualquier niño de nueve anos, será incapaz de preveer el peligro que acecha: los arriesgados viajes en bote, el implacable desierto, las armas y los arrestos, las decepciones que le esperan. Pero tampoco imaginará que, en el camino, encontrará a un grupo de emigrantes que lo protegerán como si fuesen su propia familia. -- Trasera.
"When Javier Zamora was nine, he traveled unaccompanied by bus, boat, and foot from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his parents. This is his memoir of that dangerous journey, a nine-week odyssey that nearly ended in calamity on multiple occasions. It's a miracle that Javier survived the crossing and a miracle that he has the talent to now tell his story so masterfully. While Solito is Javier's story, it's also the story of millions of others who have risked so much to come to this country. A memoir that reads like a novel, rooted in precise and authentic detail, Solito is destined to be a classic of the immigration experience" -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1644736594
9781644736593
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1320807966
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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