The other side, stories of Central American teen refugees who dream of crossing the border, Juan Pablo Villalobos ; translated by Rosalind Harvey
Type
Label
The other side, stories of Central American teen refugees who dream of crossing the border, Juan Pablo Villalobos ; translated by Rosalind Harvey
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-147)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The other side
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1084620838
Responsibility statement
Juan Pablo Villalobos ; translated by Rosalind Harvey
Sub title
stories of Central American teen refugees who dream of crossing the border
Summary
You can't really tell what time it is when you're in the freezer. Every year, thousands of migrant children and teens cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The journey is treacherous and sometimes deadly, but worth the risk for migrants who are escaping gang violence and poverty in their home countries. And for those refugees who do succeed? They face an immigration process that is as winding and multi-tiered as the journey that brought them here. In this book, award-winning Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos strings together the diverse experiences of eleven real migrant teenagers, offering readers a beginning road map to issues facing the region. These timely accounts of courage, sacrifice, and survival--including two fourteen-year-old girls forming a tenuous friendship as they wait in a frigid holding cell, a boy in Chicago beginning to craft his future while piecing together his past in El Salvador, and cousins learning to lift each other up through angry waters--offer a rare and invaluable window into the U.S.-Central American refugee crisis. In turns optimistic and heartbreaking, The Other Side balances the boundless hope at the center of immigration with the weight of its risks and repercussions. Here is a necessary read for young people on both sides of the issueEvery year thousands of migrant children and teens cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The journey is treacherous and sometimes deadly, but worth the risk for migrants who are escaping gang violence and poverty in their home countries. Those refugees who do succeed face an immigration process that is as winding and multi-tiered as the journey that brought them here. Villalobos strings together the diverse experiences of eleven real migrant teenagers, offering readers a beginning road map to issues facing the region
Table Of Contents
Where are your kids? -- Now I'm going to sleep for a bit -- The other side means the other side -- There are snakes out there -- It was like cotton, but when I touched it, it was just ice -- I'd rather die trying to get out -- He and I got along really well -- How we were going to get there -- La Cabuya -- Before and after -- To this day -- Acknowledgments -- About the refugees -- Glossary -- Further reading
Target audience
juvenile
Contributor
Subject
- Biographies
- Teenage immigrants -- Central America -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Refugees -- Central America
- Immigrants -- Central America
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
- Teenage refugees -- Central America -- Juvenile literature
- Amérique centrale -- Émigration et immigration -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Adolescents immigrants -- Amérique centrale -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Young adult non-fiction
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration
- Young adult literature
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- Biographies
- Teenage immigrants -- Central America -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Refugees -- Central America
- Immigrants -- Central America
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
- Teenage refugees -- Central America -- Juvenile literature
- Amérique centrale -- Émigration et immigration -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Adolescents immigrants -- Amérique centrale -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Young adult non-fiction
- Central America -- Emigration and immigration
- Young adult literature
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