Enrique's Journey

Sonia Nazario, an award-winning journalist, tells the actual story of a Honduran youngster who braves hardship and hazard to join his mother in the United States. Sonia Nazario, an award-winning journalist, chronicles the memorable voyage of a Honduran youngster who braves unthinkable hardship and hazard to join his mother in the United States in this astounding real story. Enrique's mother, Lourdes, leaves Honduras to work in the United States when he is five years old because she is too impoverished to feed her children.

The relocation allows her to send money back home to Enrique, allowing him to eat better and continue his education through third grade. Lourdes assures Enrique that she will return soon. However, she is having difficulty in America. Years go by. He asks his mum to return. He grows lonely and agitated when he is separated from her. Lourdes instructs him to be patient when she calls. Enrique had given up hope of ever seeing her again. He chooses to go find her after eleven years apart.

Enrique goes out on his own from Tegucigalpa, armed only with a scrap of paper containing his mother's phone number in North Carolina. Without money, he will attempt the perilous and illegal journey along the length of Mexico by hanging to the sides and roofs of freight trains.

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Author: Martin Gilbert
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