Enrique's Journey (The Young Adult Adaptation) by Sonia Nazario

Enrique's Journey (The Young Adult Adaptation) by Sonia Nazario

Adapted for young people, this edition of Enrique's Journey is written by Sonia Nazario and based on the adult book of the same name. It is the true story of Enrique, a teenager from Honduras, who sets out on a journey, braving hardship and peril, to find his mother, who had no choice but to leave him when he was a child and go to the United States in search of work. Enrique's story will bring to light the daily struggles of migrants, legal and otherwise, and the complicated choices they face simply trying to survive and provide for the basic needs of their families. The issues seamlessly interwoven into this gripping nonfiction work for young people are perfect for common core discussion. Includes an 8-page photo insert, as well as an epilogue that describes what has happened to Enrique and his family since the adult edition was published.
 

"A heartwrenching account. Provides a human face, both beautiful and scarred, for the undocumented. A must read."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"Nazario's straightforward . . . journalistic writing style largely serves the complex, sprawling story effectively. A valuable addition to young adult collections."--School Library Journal
 
"This powerfully written survival story personalizes the complicated, pervasive, and heart-wrenching debates about immigration and immigrants' rights and will certainly spark discussion in the classroom and at home."--Booklist

An NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
 
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Sonia Nazario has more than twenty years of experience as a socially focused journalist, with her most recent position being as a project reporter for the Los Angeles Times. His reports and books have won numerous awards for tackling some of the country's most complex issues, such as hunger, drug addiction, and immigration. In 2003, his reportage La travesa de Enrique, the story of a Honduran boy who searches for his mother, won more than ten awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Best News Story, the George Polk Award for Best International Reporting, and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism. Kennedy for Journalism (Grand Prize) and the Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos' Guillermo Martnez-Márquez Award for Excellence. Nazario was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1998 for a series of articles about the children of drug addict fathers.

In 1994, he won the George Polk Award for Best Local Reporting for a series of articles about hunger among California schoolchildren. Nazario, who was born in Kansas and raised in Argentina, has written extensively about Latin America and Latinos in the United States. Hispanic Business Magazine named her on their list of influential Latinos, and Hispanic Magazine named her Trendsetter. Columbia Journalism Review named her on its list of 40 women who changed the media business in the last 40 years in 2012.

He began his career at the Wall Street Journal, where he worked in four offices: New York, Atlanta, Miami, and Los Angeles. In 1993, he became a member of the Los Angeles Times. She graduated from Williams College and holds a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of California, Berkeley.