Bibliograph

Unaccompanied, stories of brave teenagers seeking asylum, by Tracy White

Type

Label

Unaccompanied, stories of brave teenagers seeking asylum, by Tracy White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography (pages 161-163)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unaccompanied

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Oclc number

1315537157

Responsibility statement

by Tracy White

Sub title

stories of brave teenagers seeking asylum

Summary

Life at home is so unbearable that these kids will risk their lives and face colossal challenges to escape to the United States and find safety. This book tells the true stories of five brave teens fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guinea, on their own, traveling through unknown and unfriendly places, and ultimately crossing into the US to find refuge and seek asylum. Based on extensive interviews with teen refugees, lawyers, caseworkers, and activists, Tracy White shines a light on five individual kids from among the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors who enter the US each year. In stark black and white illustrations, she helps us understand why some young people would literally risk their lives to seek safety in the US. Each one of them has been backed into a corner where emigration to the US seems like their only hope.

Target audience

adolescent

Classification