Discussion, Reading, Q&A
Javier Zamora is too young to go with his parents when they leave their small village in El Salvador for the United States. At nine years old, he is entrusted to a coyote who is meant to bring him safely to them – a dangerous journey that will take several months. Along the way, the group of unfamiliar adults he travels with becomes an unexpected kind of family. This autobiographical account is told from the perspective of a child forced – like millions of others – to leave their homeland.
Content Note: This book addresses displacement.
With Javier Zamora
Moderated by Toby Ashraf
Read by Benito Bause
The conversation will be held in English without translation, the reading in German.
Grade 10 – 12 | Booking Number 1903
»Solito: Eine wahre Geschichte« (Solito: A Memoir) was translated from English into German by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann.
