Solito / Javier Zamora ; traducción, José García Escobar.
"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."
«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.»
Record details
- ISBN: 9781644736593
- ISBN: 1644736594
- Physical Description: 587 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Primera edición.
- Publisher: [Miami, Fla.] : Vintage Espanol, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translated from the English. |
Language Note: | En español. In Spanish. |
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Genre: | Autobiografĩas. Spanish language materials. Autobiographies. Autobiografĩas. |
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Altoona Area Public Library | 305.9069 ZAM (Text) | 33240004725506 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults Zamora Spanish (Text) | 33454005905823 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
RPL - Northeast Branch | SP Bio Zamora, J (Text) | 33223008840240 | Spanish Biography | Available | - |
RPL - Southeast Branch Library | SP Bio Zamora, J (Text) | 33223008887167 | Spanish Biography | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | Sp 305.9069 ZAMO (Text) | 34455006948653 | Adult Foreign Language | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | Sp 305.9069 ZAMO (Text) | 34455007018662 | Adult Foreign Language | In Repair | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | B ZAMORA SPANISH (Text) | 33062009673121 | Adult Biography | Checked Out | 05/14/2024 |
Easton Main Library | ESP 305.906 Z25s (Text) | 31901004654036 | Adulto Noficción en Español | Available | - |
Pocono Mountain Public Library | B Zamora (Text) | 35540000062445 | PMPL 2nd Floor Biography | Available | - |