Santiago's Road Home
This Week’s Book Snippet:
Celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month from September 15-October 15.
A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel.
After refusing to return to his abusive abuela’s house, Santiago’s future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría, who help Santiago decide what comes next: He will accompany them to el otro lado, the United States of America. They embark with little, just backpacks with water and a bit of food. None of the three travelers realizes that the journey through Mexico to the border is just the beginning of their story.
Listen to Jamie from the Glendale Library read from Santiago's Road Home by Alexandra Diaz.
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