Until someone listens : a story about borders, family, and one girl's mission / Estela Juarez, with Lissette Norman ; illustrated by Teresa Martínez.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250832122
- 1250832128
- Juarez, Estela -- Juvenile literature
- Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Noncitizens -- Government policy -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Deportation -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- Separation (Psychology) -- Juvenile literature
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile literature
- Families -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Juvenile literature
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | JUAREZ, E. J91 | Available | 33111010894117 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Estela Juarez's mom is deported to Mexico, Estela knows she has to speak up for her family. Told in Estela's own words, Until Someone Listens is a true story about a young girl finding her voice and using it to make change.
Estela's family lives together in a happy home full of love. Or, at least, they used to... until their home was torn apart.
My mom had to go back,
to the other side of the river,
because she wasn't born in this country.
For years her family fought and fought for permission for her to stay in the U.S. But no one listened. When Estela was eight, her mother was deported to Mexico.
Estela knew she had to do something. So she wrote letters: to local newspapers, Congress, the President, and anyone else who could help. She wrote and wrote and wrote until, finally... someone listened.
In this heart wrenching, autobiographical story, Estela Juarez's letters take her from the local news all the way to the national stage, where she discovers the power in her words and pledges to keep using her voice until her family--and others like hers-- are together again.
Also available in Spanish as Hasta que alguien me escuche !
Ages 4-8 years Roaring Brook Press.
Grades K-1 Roaring Brook Press.
"The true story of Estela Juarez, a young American girl who writes letters to her local newspaper, to Congress, and even to the president, pleading for someone to listen and reunite her family after her mother's deportation"-- Provided by publisher.