{"product_id":"dreams-and-nightmares-i-fled-alone-to-the-united-states-when-i-was-fourteen-in-english-and-spanish-paperback","title":"Dreams and Nightmares: I Fled Alone to the United States When I Was Fourteen (In English and Spanish) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiliana Velasquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Lyons\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreams and Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e appears in full color in both English and Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt fourteen, Liliana Vel squez walked out of her village in Guatemala and headed for the U.S. border, alone. On her two-thousand-mile voyage she was robbed by \u003cem\u003enarcos\u003c\/em\u003e, rode the boxcars of\u003cem\u003e La Bestia\u003c\/em\u003e, and encountered death in the Sonoran Desert. When she was caught by Immigration in Arizona, she thought her journey was over. But it had just begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA los catorce a os, Liliana abandon  su pueblo en Guatemala y se dirigi  hacia la frontera de los Estados Unidos, sola. En su viaje de dos mil millas fue asaltada por los narcos, viaj  en los vagones de La Bestia y se enfrent  a la muerte en el desierto de Sonora. Cuando fue capturada por Inmigraci n en Arizona, ella pens  que su viaje hab a terminado. Pero solo acababa de empezar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile Immigrants' stories are often told by others, Liliana shares her personal experience of vulnerability, resilience and perseverance in the face of uncertainty. She is a strong and remarkable woman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMientras que las historias de los inmigrantes son generalmente contadas por terceros, Liliana comparte su propia historia personal, su capacidad recuperativa y su perse-verancia en medio de mucha incertidumbre. Ella es una mujer fuerte y extraordinaria.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Mar a Sotomayor, DACA recipient, Youth Organizer, Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStories like Liliana's counter the inhumane narratives that cast migrants and refugees as \"drug dealers and rapists,\" and instead offer US audiences a perspective infused with the genuine human experience of migration. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorias como la de Liliana contradicen a las historias des-humanizantes en las que se equipara a los inmigran-tes y refugiados con \"narcotraficantes y violadores.\" La historia de Liliana ofrece al p blico estadounidense una perspectiva imbuida de una experiencia migratoria genuina-mente humana.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Aja Y. Martinez, PhD, Syracuse University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiliana's story is heartbreakingly ordinary, similar to tens of thousands of children who have fled violence, abuse, and extreme poverty, only to suffer further hardship at the hands of a US government that treats them as threats rather than child survivors of trauma.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa historia de Liliana es dolorosamente com n, similar a la de decenas de miles de ni os que han huido de la violencia, el abuso y la pobreza extrema, s lo para sufrir m s adver-sidades a manos del gobierno de los E. U. que los trata como si fueran una amenaza y no como a ni os sobre-vivientes de un trauma.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Jonathan Blazer, Advocacy and Policy Counsel for Immigrants' Rights, American Civil Liberties Union\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758402437408,"sku":"9781602359390","price":35.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8301a5d2e8a3579c16b84881b30adc7e.webp?v=1780125190","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dreams-and-nightmares-i-fled-alone-to-the-united-states-when-i-was-fourteen-in-english-and-spanish-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}