Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000N2HCLU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. “Magnificent Enrique’s Journey is about love. Braving unimaginable peril, often clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains, Enrique travels through hostile worlds full of thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the
Repetitious I lost focus numerous times when reading about Enrique's failed attempts at reaching the North. Because his hardships were cyclical, they were repeatedly discussed. The author's account of Enrique's travels was tiring to read for the reason mentioned. I thoroughly enjoyed the immigration statistics at the end of the book.. An Eye-Opening Ordeal J. head Most Americans would be shocked to know that the most difficult part of an illegal immigrant's journey from Central America to the USA is not avoiding the USA's border patrol, but a life threatening journey through Mexico. This is an eye-opening true story. The author has done extensive research, the story is the stuff of a Hollywood movie, very suspenseful, to th. "A good read, but depressing" according to Alegra Loewenstein, Health Coach. This book is defintely a good read. It goes very quickly (I think I finished this book in about 5 hours over two days), and it is very informative. The story is compelling, i wanted to know what would happen to Enrique along the way, and even though you know all along the he will find his mother, I was still curious to see how it would unfold.The journalistic styl
28)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. and wiring money home. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Soon to be turned into an HBO dramatic series, Nazario's account of a 17-year-old boy's harrowing attempt to find his mother in America won two Pulitzer Prizes when it first came out in the Los Angeles Times. The breadth and depth of Nazario's research into this phenomenon is astounding, and she has crafted her findings into a story that is at once moving and polemical. illegally each year. Riding on the tops of freight trains through Mexico, these young migrants are preyed upon by gangsters and corrupt government officials. Enrique's mother, Lourdes, left him in Honduras when he was five years old because she could bare