West Routt Library District

Mary is nineteen, subject to depression, and still grieving over the death of her mother when she meets Jos ̌Luis, a political refuge from El Salvador.

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie relates, through a victim statement, her harrowing journey through the Adirondacks seeking her disabled friend, Matias, who was kidnapped by escaped convicts.

When a young boy and his mother come to the United States from El Salvador, leaving his father behind, the boy misses his father very much and wants to do something special to show him how much he cares.

A young Salvadoran immigrant boy named Rene is teased for having two last names until he presents his family tree project celebrating his heritage.

Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, and especially flying a kite with his friends, but Mama cannot afford to buy a kite so he gathers discarded materials around his apartment building and makes his own, which catches the eye of a store owner and leads to a wonderful project. Francisco echa de menos su pueblo en El Salvador, y especialmente volando una cometa con sus amigos, pero mamá no puede permitirse el lujo de comprar una cometa, así...