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Separated by the border : a birth mother, a foster mother, and a migrant child's 3,000-mile journey / Gena Thomas ; forword by Michelle Ferrigno Warren.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019]Description: 209 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830845750
  • 0830845755
Other title:
  • Birth mother, a foster mother, and a migrant child's 3,000-mile journey
Subject(s):
Contents:
Honduras -- Emigración -- Expatriation -- Mexico -- Río Bravo -- Rio Grande -- United State -- Unaccompanied Minor -- Dependent Children -- Foster Daughter -- ¿Quién Es Usted a Mí? (Who Are You to Me?) -- Honduras -- Reunification/Reunificación -- Reflections -- Dear Julia.
Summary: "Gena Thomas tells the story of five-year-old Julia, whose harrowing journey with her mother from Honduras to the United States took her from cargo trailer to detention center to foster care. Weaving together the stories of birth mother and foster mother, this book shows the human face of the immigrant and refugee, the challenges of the immigration and foster care systems, and the tenacious power of motherly love"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 306.8743 T456 Available 33111009721826
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In 2017 five-year-old Julia traveled with her mother, Guadalupe, from Honduras to the United States. Her harrowing journey took her through Mexico in the cargo section of a tractor trailer. Then she was separated from her mother, who was held hostage by smugglers who exploited her physically and financially. At the United States border, Julia came through the processing center as an unaccompanied minor after being separated from her stepdad who was deported.

Gena Thomas tells the story of how Julia came to the United States, what she experienced in the system, and what it took to reunite her with her family. A Spanish-speaking former missionary, Gena became Julia's foster mother and witnessed firsthand the ways migrant children experience trauma. Weaving together the stories of birth mother and foster mother, this book shows the human face of the immigrant and refugee, the challenges of the immigration and foster care systems, and the tenacious power of motherly love.

Includes bibliographical references.

Honduras -- Emigración -- Expatriation -- Mexico -- Río Bravo -- Rio Grande -- United State -- Unaccompanied Minor -- Dependent Children -- Foster Daughter -- ¿Quién Es Usted a Mí? (Who Are You to Me?) -- Honduras -- Reunification/Reunificación -- Reflections -- Dear Julia.

"Gena Thomas tells the story of five-year-old Julia, whose harrowing journey with her mother from Honduras to the United States took her from cargo trailer to detention center to foster care. Weaving together the stories of birth mother and foster mother, this book shows the human face of the immigrant and refugee, the challenges of the immigration and foster care systems, and the tenacious power of motherly love"-- Provided by publisher.

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