Zamora&rsquo\;s \;adventure \;is a
three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador\, through
Guatemala and Mexico\, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind hi
s beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four yea
rs ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of s
trangers and a &ldquo\;coyote&rdquo\; hired to lead them to safety\, Javie
r expects his trip to last two short weeks.
At nine years old\,
all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents&rsquo\; arms\, snuggli
ng in bed between them\, and living under the same roof again. He cannot f
oresee the perilous boat trips\, relentless desert treks\, pointed guns\,
arrests and deceptions that await him\; nor can he know that those two wee
ks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who
will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
Solito \;pr
ovides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and nea
r-impossible journey\, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delive
red at the most unexpected moments. \;Solito \;is Javier Zamora&rsquo\;s
story\, but it&rsquo\;s also the story of millions of others who had no c
hoice but to leave home. R
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About the Author: J
avier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the coun
try when he was one\, and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both
parents&rsquo\; migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil
War. When he was nine Javier migrated through Guatemala\, Mexico\, and th
e Sonoran Desert. His debut poetry collection\, \;Unaccompanied\, explores the imp
act of the war and immigration on his family. Zamora has been a Stegner Fe
llow at Stanford and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard and holds fellowships f
rom the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
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