Enrique's Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother
by Sonia Nazario • Related Edition: Original
In this bestselling true story, one Honduran boy goes in search of his mother,... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2006
Word Count 64,849
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 160669, 11 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Hondurans--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Immigrant children--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Nazario, Enrique
- Immigrant children
- Hondurans
- Illegal aliens
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emigration & Immigration
- Illegal aliens--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Biography
- United States
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Family | Parents
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- Sample: Facing History
- Sample: HMH Into Literature
- What It’s Like to Be a Refugee
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Awards & Distinctions 3
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Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2014
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Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2014
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City Selection, 2013
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