Cover of Solito

Solito

by Javier Zamora

2022 · children

Set in 5 places · 2 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • La Herradura · El Salvador
    Small Salvadoran town where nine-year-old Javier begins his 3,000-mile journey north
    ★ primary
  • El Salvador · El Salvador
    El Salvador, where 9-year-old Javier departs in 1999 to make the 3,000-mile solo journey to the US to reunite with his p
    ★ primary
  • Oaxaca · Mexico
    Where a coyote abandoned Javier's group; migrants banded together to continue north through Mexico
  • Sonoran Desert · United States
    Final crossing point where Javier's group traversed the desert into Arizona
  • Sonora Desert · Mexico
    Sonora, Mexico — the perilous desert crossing where Javier and his group of migrants traverse before reaching the US bor

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