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By Allison K. Garcia
Publication Date: September 2018
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 1724902067
ISBN13: 9781724902061
Topics/Issues: Immigration, Abandoned, abandonment, abandon, Abusive, Abused, abuse, Accepting, acceptance, accept, alcohol, drinking, anger, bitter, bitterness, child abuse, child trafficking, domestic violence, domestic abuse, faith, faithful, family, family obligation, fear, fearful, guilt, guilty, hope, hopeful, hopefulness, infertile, infertility, miscarriage, miscarried, ptsd, post traumatic stress, Air force, Marines, Army, Navy, military, parents, parenting, parent, Racial, racism, prejudice, redemption, salvation, redeem, single moms, single parenting, war, wars, wartime
Settings: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, El Salvador, detention center, U.S./Mexico border
Escaping a violent and abusive environment, eight-year-old Emanuel Martinez attempts to cross through three countries to be with his mother, Ana, whom he hasn’t seen since he was a baby. When la migra catches him at the border and he’s thrown into an immigration center, his dreams for being a real family start to disappear. Vowing never to be like her own mother who abandoned her and never looked back, Ana has worked for six years to get her son to the United States, Now Ana has to rely on her distant mother and her alcoholic boyfriend, Carlos, to finally get her son to her side so they can…
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