Enrique's journey by Nazario, Sonia 

Paperback(Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014)

BTSB #: 668848 Available

Dewey: 305.2308/NAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.6 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Hondurans - United States - Biography Immigrant children - United States - Biography Illegal aliens - United States - Biography Hondurans - United States - Social conditions - Case studies Immigrant children - United States - Social conditions - Case studies Illegal aliens - United States - Social conditions - Case studies Honduras - Immigration and emigration - Case studies United States - Immigration and emigration - Case studies

Summary: This is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled in America. Without her, he became lonely and troubled. After eleven years, he decided he would go find her.

Enrique's journey : the true story of a boy determined to reunite with his mother by Nazario, Sonia 

Paperback(Ember, 2014)

BTSB #: 668882 Available

Dewey: 973/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.2 MG+RC: 5.5 9-12 Lexile: 830

Genres:

Subjects: Hondurans - United States - Biography Immigrant children - United States - Biography Unauthorized immigrants - United States - Biography

Summary: It is the true story of Enrique, a teenager from Honduras, who sets out on a journey, braving hardship and peril, to find his mother, who had no choice but to leave him when he was a child and go to the United States in search of work.