Imagínate. Imagine.
Imagine having your life turned upside down before you even knew it could be.
When Andrés is just a toddler, his parents leave their small town in Honduras — driven out by Hurricane Mitch, the deadly 1998 storm that devastated the country and erased the economic possibilities that once existed there. Andrés is left in the care of extended family members, some more caring than others, until a plan is formed.
The plan takes him from everything he knows in Quebrada Seca, Honduras — first to the border between Mexico and the United States, then to a new life in New England. He makes the journey with his aunt, a girl not much older than he is.
What they face along the way is not for the faint of heart.
Then learn how his life unfolds as he becomes reacquainted with his parents, a completely new language, and a place that is nothing like the one he left behind.
Imagínate. Can you?
This book doesn't play it safe. This book tackles: unaccompanied minors, child migration, Hurricane Mitch and its aftermath, family separation, undocumented status, and the lifelong complexity of growing up between two worlds
Pairs beautifully with: Hurricane Mitch and Honduran history, reporting on unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border, and the question: "What does it mean to be 'home' when you've had more than one?"
Note for teachers: Andrés's story is fictional — but it is one of tens of thousands that unfold every year at the U.S. border. This book puts a face and a name on a statistic.
Level: Intermediate | Tense: All tenses | Language: English
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