Trip. My parents started using th at word about a year ago&mdash\;&ldquo\;one day\, you&rsquo\;ll take a tri p to be with us. Like an adventure.&rdquo\;
\nJavier Zamora&rsquo\;s \;adventure \;is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small tow n in El Salvador\, through Guatemala and Mexico\, and across the U.S. bord er. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Travel ing alone amid a group of strangers and a &ldquo\;coyote&rdquo\; hired to lead them to safety\, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
\nAt nine years old\, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parent s&rsquo\; arms\, snuggling in bed between them\, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips\, relentless desert treks\, pointed guns\, arrests and deceptions that await him\; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months along side fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected fami ly.
\nA memoir as gripping as it is moving\, \;Solito \;prov ides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near- impossible journey\, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivere d at the most unexpected moments. \;Solito \;is Javier Zamora&rsqu o\;s story\, but it&rsquo\;s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.
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