They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone.
Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone), shortlisted for the 2019 Juan E.
Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America, is an urgent
collection of oral histories that tells-in their own words-the
story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and
traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in
the United States. Fifteen narrators describe why they fled their
homes, what happened on their dangerous journeys through Mexico,
how they crossed the borders, and for some, their ongoing struggles
to survive in the United States. In an era of fear, xenophobia, and
outright lies, these stories amplify the compelling voices of
migrant youth. What can they teach us about abuse and abandonment,
bravery and resilience, hypocrisy and hope? They bring us into
their hearts and onto streets filled with the lure of freedom and
fraught with violence. From fending off kidnappers with knives and
being locked in freezing holding cells to tearful reunions with
parents, Solito, Solita's narrators bring to light the experiences
of young people struggling for a better life across the border.
This collection includes the story of Adrian, from Guatemala City,
whose mother was shot to death before his eyes. He refused to join
a gang, rode across Mexico atop cargo trains, crossed the US border
as a minor, and was handcuffed and thrown into ICE detention on his
eighteenth birthday. We hear the story of Rosa, a Salvadoran mother
fighting to save her life as well as her daughter's after death
squads threatened her family. Together they trekked through the
jungles on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, where masked
men assaulted them. We also meet Gabriel, who after surviving
sexual abuse starting at the age of eight fled to the United
States, and through study, legal support and work, is now attending
UC Berkeley.
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