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The deeply reported storyline of similar twin brothers who get away El Salvador's violence to create new lives in California - fighting to survive, to remain, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil battle, Ernesto Flores got always got a desire for the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his similar twin, Raul, never believed that northbound tug. However when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the region's brutal gangs, he is pressured to flee the country, and Raul, because he looks just like his brother, follows close behind - away from one threat and toward the fantastic American unknown. In this urgent chronicle of modern day immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the 17-year-old Flores twins as they make their harrowing trip across the Rio Grande and the Tx desert, in to the hands of immigration authorities, and after that to their estranged elderly brother's custody in Oakland, CA. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating a new school in a new language, working to lower their mounting coyote credit debt, and facing their day in immigration judge while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of life as American teens - girls, levels, Facebook - with only each other for support. With romantic access and breathtaking range, Markham offers a coming of age story that is also a nuanced family portrait of Central America's child exodus, a study folks immigration insurance policy, and an remarkable testament to the migrant experience.

Category: Hispanic American Studies