A young poet tells the story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this memoir.Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--"one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure."Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a coyote hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks.At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, living under the same roof again. He does not see the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two
Author : Javier Zamora
Pages : 384 pages
Publisher :
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 59900688-solito(Download [PDF]) Their Vicious Darling (Vicious Lost Boys, #3) *Books
The Dark One has finally accepted me?just in time for everything to change. Because Vane?s brother, The Crocodile, has just arrived on Neverland soil and he?s not alone. He?s brought with him members of the royal Darkland family and they want Vane?s Death Shadow back at any cost. Of course, Peter Pan, Vane, Kas and Bash, they?re all familiar with war. But war isn?t easy when love is on the line. I know those vicious Lost Boys would do anything to protect me. But what if I?m not the one that needs saving?As power shifts on the island and shadows are claimed, all five of us have to let go of who we were, if we have any chance of becoming who we are destined to be.NOTE: Their Vicious Darling is book three in the Vicious Lost Boys series. It is a dark romantic reimagining of Peter and Wendy. All characters have been aged up. If you like your enemies to lovers romance with hot, ruthless, morally gray love interests, you?ll enjoy Their Vicious Darling. You can expect an island with
Author : Nikki St. Crowe
Pages : 251 pages
Publisher : Blackwell House LLC
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 60863106-their-vicious-darling
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ISBN-13 : 9780593498064