03222cam a2200565 4500 1022543526 TxAuBib 20170925120000.0 170202s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017-000952 9781101906187 trade 1101906189 trade DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Markham, Lauren. The far away brothers : two young migrants and the making of an American life / Lauren Markham. 1st ed. New York : Crown, [2017] xvi, 298 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index. Kirkus Starred, July 2017. Booklist, August 2017. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. "Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his identical twin, Raul, never felt that northbound tug. But when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the region's brutal gangs he is forced to flee the country, and Raul, because he looks just like his brother, follows close behind--away from one danger and toward the great American unknown. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the seventeen-year-old Flores twins as they make their harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, into the hands of immigration authorities, and from there to their estranged older brother's custody in Oakland, CA. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating a new school in a new language, working to pay down their mounting coyote debt, and facing their day in immigration court, while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of life as American teenagers--girls, grades, Facebook--with only each other for support "--Provided by publisher. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20170925. Flores, Ernesto 1997- Flores, Raul 1997- Salvadorans California Oakland Biography. Salvadorans. Salvadoran Americans California Oakland Biography. Salvadoran Americans California San Francisco Bay Area Social conditions. Salvadoran Americans Biography. Salvadoran Americans Social conditions. Illegal aliens United States Biography. Refugees California Oakland Social conditions. Refugees Oakland (Calif) Social conditions. Unaccompanied immigrant children United States. Unaccompanied immigrant children. Twin brothers Biography. Twins Biography. Brothers Biography. United States Emigration and immigration. United States Immigration and emigration. El Salvador Emigration and immigration. El Salvador Immigration and emigration. Biographies. TXNES