La Travesia de Enrique: La arriesgada odisea de un niño en busca de su madre (Spanish Edition)

This is an excellent book for anyone that wants to learn more and understand the issues of illegal migration. Being an immigrant myself this book reminds me of situations I went through and the pain that illegal immigrants have to suffer while in a different country.

Five Stars! Excellent service, fast shipping, and the book was in perfect condition. Thank you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I recommend this book to everyone! I couldn't put it down.Enrique's Journey is a moving, true story about a boy from Central America who travels from Honduras, through Guatemala and Mexico, to get to the United States to find his mother.The journey is so rough, as he encounters gangs, bandits, robbers, and drug-crazed evil people along the way. He travels by foot, bus, train--really any way he can get north with the little money he has. He meets bad and good along the way. There are also kind-hearted, caring strangers who help the migrants.Enrique gets caught by the police and immigration authorities in Mexico numerous times and they send him back to Honduras, but he doesn't give up and tries again and again to reach his mother in the US.This is a real account of one of the thousands of refugee children from Central America who make the perilous trip through Mexico to reach safety. They are fleeing violence, drugs, extortion, hunger, forced gang membership, rape, poverty, loneliness, and depression. And negativity that no child should experience!As I have been saying about people in the USA, unless you are of Native American descent, all of our ancestors came from another country trying to find a better life in America! How are these human beings any different?This story is unforgettable and the award-winning photographs in the book bring it to life.Why did I buy this? Here's the background:In December 2015 after I met a 16-year old boy from Guatemala who traveled to Central NY alone, I was intrigued and wanted to learn more about how such a young person could make such a long journey and risk his life for freedom. He came to live with his aunts and cousins on a peaceful dairy farm to get away from all of the dangers in his home country.I had been on a church trip to El Salvador in 2013 and saw the conditions in Central America firsthand, and then when so many unaccompanied immigrant children arrived at the US border in 2014, I knew that I wanted to get involved locally.I started ordering books, reading articles, and watching documentaries to educate myself. And I also started meeting and reaching out to the Central American people in my community.I discovered the journalist and author Sonia Nazario of the Los Angeles Times, her research, her newspaper series about young Enrique, and her subsequent 2003 Pulitzer Prize. I ordered this book in both English and Spanish.

I taught this book to my bilingual class, most of whom are immigrants from Honduras, and they made many connections to the story and found it authentic. A great read with opportunities to extend learning with documentaries and discussions.

Beware! There are different versions of this book. I bought the Spanish version to read with my Spanish language group, but purchased a different version from everyone else. The chapters are structured differently and even the story is written differently, so it has been difficult to follow along with the group. Be sure to compare the index to get the copy you want if you are reading this with a class or book club. Regardless, the story is well written and riveting.

Amazing booking, with a full depth story to telm.

Don’t love how is written, doesn’t flow smoothly, but it is good to be aware about what immigrants go through to get here to the USA.

Soy una estudiante de español del nivel intermedio, y me gustó este libro mucho. No fue muy difícil leer, y el libro mantuvo mi interés de principio a fin.

This book highlights the importance parents have for their children and the lengths a child would go to be with their mother. I lived in Honduras for years and will testify that the protagonists life as described is not an exaggeration for any one that might doubt. So many parents leave their homes in hopes of improving their child's life by being able to send money back- when what might be best is to simply stay and be there. It's a difficult and less than obvious choice for a parent that believes lack of money is the biggest obstacle to success. Here is one child's tale.

Probably one of the best books I've ever read. Been to Mexico and South America a few times and believe me that this book will make your trip even more interesting.. Shocking, but real, the descriptions seem very accurate of sad, but real lives.