Bibliograph

Hoping for a home after El Salvador, Linda Barghoorn

Type

Label

Hoping for a home after El Salvador, Linda Barghoorn

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

800L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hoping for a home after El Salvador

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Linda Barghoorn

Series statement

Leaving my homeland : after the journey

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.9, 1, 505485.

Summary

Threatened by gangs and everyday violence, Benito's family flees El Salvador to an uncertain but safer life in Mexico. They are later joined by Auntie Lara, who lost a son to gang violence and joined a migrant caravan heading to the United States. The story is interwoven with details on how violence in countries whose governments no longer function make a safe life impossible, continuing the cycle of refugees heading to Central and North America

Target audience

juvenile

Classification