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Solito by Javier Zamora

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anneclairebrewer's review

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

an extremely important read for all who wish to observe border politics from a humanitarian perspective. this memoir is beautifully written; often times obvious that zamora is a poet. i’m grateful he survived his trip when he was nine. immigrants make this country great and zamora is no exception. 
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decime_gaby_611's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Una verdadera joya escondida, solito es un libro escrito en ingles, con una traducción al español tan hermosa, que cualquier latinoamericano puede identificarse con facilidad, que realidad tan dura y la narrativa desde los ojos de un  niño de 9 años lo hace dinamicoby muy interesante!
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ladylofthouse's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

5.0

Written from the perspective of a 9 year old boy expressed so well all the confusion, anxiety, embarrassment, and excitement from that age. He starts off as a normal kid playing with action figures, but is quickly forced into impossible situations where he still tries to be strong. The journey is treacherous
and the ending had me in actual tears. Also a big shout out to Chino for going above and beyond to be kind and protective.
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degger74's review

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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erinmcav's review

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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readandfindout's review

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emotional tense medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
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thehomiemona's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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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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simplythegirl's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

If you'd like an authentic story about an immigrant's journey crossing the border than this book is it! There are similar books out there that are all just trauma p*rn but Javier Zamora really encompasses the beauty along with the hardship that he endured on his journey. His perspective of a kid also makes the whole thing very heartwrenching cute  heartwarming and scary at the same time. There was a sense of community and a sense of loss but also victory when he reaches the USA. It's such a touching and sweet story but also very nerve-wracking and scary because of the stakes. I absolutely loved this book. This is super relatable in terms of culture for me even though I never went through what the author did the culture is what we share so that was really fun. There's also some sweet and light humor that flows pretty nicely. The book definitely explores the importance of family and what it means to be a family.  If you are not a spanish speaker I would definitely keep a piece of paper and make a key for the spanish words because they come up a lot. I'm a Spanish speaker so it wasn't something I dealt with but others may. It definitely is worth a read.

there is some cursing, violence, guns, blood, vomit, other bodily fluids, and abuse so read with caution.
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