A Journey Toward Hope

Victor Hinojosa, Coert Voorhees

Description

• A Journey Toward Hope is a collaboration with Baylor University’s Social Innovation Collaborative program.


• Baylor’s communications and public relations offices will be coordinating publicity and media campaigns for Dr. Hinojosa.


• The illustrator, Susan Guevara, is the award-winning illustrator of Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto, and more than 20 other books for children. She aims to portray the characters with "the utmost dignity and purpose and humanity that they so richly deserve."

Sujets

• La Bestia
• México
• People & Places
• Migrant
• Social justice
• El Salvador
• Central America
• Children
• SS Central America
• Child
• Asylum
• United States
• Mexico
• Border
• True Story
• Salvador
• Immigration
• Honduras
• Guatemala

Informations

• Publié par: Six Foot Press
• Date de parution: 04 août 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781644420386
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

A JOUR NEY TOWARD HOPE
Published by Six Fo ot Press Coert Vo orhees, President Chul R. Kim, Publisher
First edition 2020 © 2020 Six Foot Pr ess
Tex t © 2020 Victor Hinojosa & Coert Vo orhees Illustrations © 2020 Susan Gue vara Edited by Chul R. Kim Design by Marla Y . Garcia Printed by _______ , City, State/Pro vince
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020933401 Distributed thro ughout the world by Ingram Publisher Serv ices www.ingr ambook.com
Printed by F riesen – Alt ona, Manitoba
Written by Victor Hinojosa & Coert Voorhees Illustra tions by Susan Guevara
Houston
en-ye ar-old A lessandra sa ys g oodbye to the rippling water s of Lake Pet én Itzá, in Guatemala.
She tries to remember her mother , w ho left four y ears ago , hu gging Alessandra close bef ore she we nt, who pro mised to send for her as soon as there wa s money .
“I’m coming to meet yo u, Mamá, ” Alessandra sa ys s oftly as she w alks away f rom the wa ter’ s edge.

Laur a is thirteen and wants to g o to school. Nando is sev en and lik es trains. They wish the y could sta y i n El Salv ador , b ut their parents w ant them to liv e with their aun t and uncle in the United States.
“I don’ t w ant to lea ve, ” Nando say s thro ugh his tears.
“I’ll be with yo u, Nando, ” Laura re plies. “We can be strong tog ether. ”