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rachelschloneger's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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kegifford's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Heart wrenching memoir of the author's migration to the United States from El Salvador, traveling alone and undocumented at the age of nine. The story is well told, with the kind of detail and emotional depth that leave a lasting impression.

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alyssatuininga's review

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3.5/5
I always find memoirs hard to review. This one was heartbreaking and really shows how much people go through to get to the US for a better life. I found it a little long-winded at times, I really didn't need to hear about every meal and every bus trip in so much detail. I also found the recollections a little suspect for a 9-year-old kid. Overall though I am really glad that I read it.

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fanchera's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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alexisgarcia's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

wow wow wow. i cannot explain my love for this book. this is such a harrowing tale and at some points i forgot it wasn’t fiction. my heart just broke for the people in the story and it got so tense at times i worried for the survival of javier that i forgot i was reading a memoir. i will never forget this book.

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loryyyy's review

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emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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sarahweyand's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I am so grateful for the literary award Storygraph challenge I created, because it introduces me to wonderful books like this that I might not have picked up otherwise. This is a beautifully written, insightful, heartbreaking memoir. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by the author, and I think it adds a lot to the experience; I would highly recommend. I seriously couldn't tell if this book was written in verse or prose, especially with Zamora's narration. I loved it.

This is certainly a long story, and parts of it felt a little slow, but you can't really critique how someone's real life played out, pacing-wise. The high-stakes moments were tense and elicited physical reactions from me, which I always commend when a book is able to do so. I loved the inclusions of so much Spanish, and I thought the choice to tell the narrative from the POV of Zamora as a child with no input from his adult self really enhanced the plot.

This is a wonderful book. I would highly recommend it to anyone.

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