"The true story of Estela Juarez, a young American girl who writes letters to her local newspaper, to Congress, and even to the president, pleading for someone to listen and reunite her family after her mother's deportation." -- publisher
Themes & Content
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Central Theme Categories
- Biography/Autobiography
- Centering Culture & Identity
- Content
- Activism/Social Justice Movements
- Diverse Families/Family Dynamics
- Governmental Relations
- Languages & Communication
- Relocation Narratives
- Traditional Cultures
- Ethnicity
- Mexican
- Immigration Representation
- Children of Immigrants/Second Generation
- Immigrants
- Undocumented Immigrants
- Gender Representation
- Girls/Women
- Race / Culture
- Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
- Character Prominence
- Joint Main
- Illustrator Lived Experience
- Illustrator shares race/culture AND ethnicity/tribal nation/homeland with main characters
