The Only Road (29 page)

y
: And.

ya
: Now.

yo no sé
: I don't know.

yo también
: Me too.

Picture Books:

Colato Laínez, René.
From North to South: Del Norte al Sur
. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2010.

Mateo, José Manuel.
Migrant: The Journey of a Mexican Worker.
New York: Abrams, 2014.

Pérez, Amada Irma.
My Diary from Here to There: Mi diario de aquí hasta allá
. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2013.

Tonatiuh, Duncan.
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
. New York: Abrams, 2014.

Graphic Novel:

Tan, Shaun.
The Arrival
. New York: Arthur A. Levine, 2007.

Middle Grade:

Ada, Alma Flor, and F. Isabel Campoy.
Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience
. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2013.

Alvarez, Julia.
Return to Sender.
New York: Random House, 2010.

Bjorklund, Ruth.
Immigration
. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2012.

Blohm, Judith M., and Terri Lapinsky, eds.
Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience
. Boston: Intercultural Press, 2006.

Gonzalez, Christina Diaz.
The Red Umbrella
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Lai, Thanhha.
Inside Out and Back Again
. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.

Menchú, Rigoberta, with Dante Liano.
The Girl from Chimel
. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005.

Mikaelsen, Ben.
Red Midnight
. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

Ryan, Pam Muñoz.
Esperanza Rising
. New York: Scholastic, 2000.

Walker, Robert.
Pushes and Pulls: Why Do People Migrate?
New York: Crabtree Publishing, 2010.

Young Adult:

Nazario, Sonia.
Enrique's Journey (The Young Adult Adaptation): The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother
. New York: Random House, 2014.

Restrepo, Bettina.
Illegal
. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.

Online Resources:

“Guatemala Facts.” Nation Facts.
http://nationfacts.net/guatemala-facts
.

Schultz, Colin. “At Least 47,000 Children Have Illegally Crossed the Border Since October: And tens of thousands more are expected to cross before the year's out.”
Smithsonian
magazine online. June 13, 2014.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/47000-children-have-illegally-crossed-border-october-and-tens-thousands-more-are-coming-180951740/?no-ist
.

(Some may not be appropriate for children.)

Akers Chacón, Justin, and Mike Davis.
No One Is Illegal
. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2006.

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services.
http://www.brycs.org
.

Dominguez Villegas, Rodrigo. “Central American Migrants and ‘La Bestia': The Route, Dangers, and Government Responses.” Migration Policy Institute. September 10, 2014.
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/central-american-migrants-and-la-bestia-route-dangers-and-government-responses
.

El Norte
. Film directed by Gregory Nava. 1983.

“The Facts on Immigration Today.” Center for American Progress. October 23, 2014.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/report/2014/10/23/59040/the-facts-on-immigration-today-3
.

Isacson, Adam, Maureen Meyer, and Gabriela Morales. “New WOLA Report on Mexico's Southern Border.” Washington Office on Latin America. June 17, 2014.
http://www.wola.org/publications/mexicos_other_border
.

Kahn, Carrie. “A Flood of Kids, on Their Own, Hope to Hop a Train to a New Life.” NPR News radio program. June 11, 2014.
http://listen.sdpb.org/post/flood-kids-their-own-hope-hop-train-new-life
.

The Other Side of Immigration
. Documentary film directed by Roy Germano. 2009.

Sin Nombre
. Film directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. 2009.

Torres, Olga Beatriz.
Memorias de mi viaje: Recollections of My Trip
. Translated by Juanita Luna-Lawhn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994.

Urrea, Luis Alberto.
The Devil's Highway: A True Story
. New York: Hachette, 2005.

(Some may not be suitable for young readers.)

Byrne, Zoë. “Guatemalan Funeral Traditions: A look into traditional Guatemalan beliefs about death and funerals.” Seven Ponds Blog. June 12, 2014.
http://blog.sevenponds.com/cultural-perspectives/guatemalan-funeral-traditions
.

Carina, an undocumented Guatemalan living in the US in a personal interview with the author, March 10, 2015.

“Central American Insomnia.”
Médecins Sans Frontieres
. August 4, 2014.
http://www.msf.org/article/central-american-insomnia
.

Eichstaedt, Peter.
The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US–Mexico Border
. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2014.

Daily Mail.
“From Bribing Drug Cartels and Immigration Officials to Paying for Hotels and Train Rides: Coyote Smugglers Reveal Costs Involved in Smuggling Child Migrants from Central America to the U.S.” July 22, 2014.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700946/From-bribing-drug-cartels-immigration-officials-paying-hotels-train-rides-Coyote-smugglers-reveal-costs-involved-smuggling-child-migrants-Central-America-U-S.html
.

Gordan, Ian. “70,000 Kids Will Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What Happens to Them?” Mother Jones. July/August 2014.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/child-migrants-surge-unaccompanied-central-america
.

Isacson, Adam, Maureen Meyer, and Gabriela Morales. “Mexico's Other Border: Security, Migration, and the Humanitarian Crisis at the Line with Central America.” Washington Office on Latin America. June 2014.
http://www.wola.org/files/mxgt/report/
.

Maril, Robert Lee.
The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration Along the U.S.–Mexico Border.
Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 2011.

Martínez, Óscar.
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
. Translated by Daniela Maria Ugaz and John Washington. London: Verso, 2013.

Nazario, Sonia.
Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother
. New York: Random House, 2007.

Rodríguez Tejera, Roberto.
“Prohibido Callarse
.” Mira TV online video, 2:00–13:14. July 2, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNU9EnfOV8
.

“Rutas a Estados Unidos.” Map. Fundación San Ignacio de Loyola and Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes México.
http://www.sjmmexico.org/uploads/TBL_CDOCUMENTOS_78_2_49.pdf
.

Sánchez Saturno, Luis (photojournalist), in a personal interview with the author, July 28, 2015.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Diaz, Alexandra, author.

Title: The only road / Alexandra Diaz.

Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] | “A Paula Wiseman Book.” | Summary: “Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel.”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015046179| ISBN 9781481457507 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481457521 (e-book)

Subjects: | CYAC: Emigration and immigration--Fiction. | Refugees—Fiction. | Guatemalan Americans—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America. | JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues).

Classification: LCC PZ7.D5432 On 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

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