Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds

By Jorge Argueta, Alfonso Ruano (illustrator),

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Book description

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

This powerful book by award-winning Salvadoran…

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1 author picked Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a powerful book; in beautiful poems the author, Jorge Argueta, describes the journey of children and their families who are looking for better opportunities and big dreams in a new place.

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

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