num_pages: 94
description: Zamoras debut cradles within it a familys risky song of longing and love for a country torn apart by war and gang violence. These poems recall and are rooted in the experiences of a nine-year-old boy traveling alone for thousands of miles and confronting everywhere the realities of borderland politics racism and economic injustice. Calling into question the concept of the American Dream Zamora reimagines home fusing music and memory to address the quandaries that tear families apart andif were luckyinspire the building of lives anew.
language: English
title: Unaccompanied
publisher: Copper Canyon Press