Documents the journey of a Honduran teen who braved hardship and peril to reunite with his mother after she was forced to leave him behind and seek migratory work in the United States.

Duncan Tonatiuh delivers an expertly written and illustrated title that lays bare the realities of being undocumented in the United States. The narrative follows Juan an indigenous Mixtec who migrates from Mexico to the United States. The accordion style format of Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight is an homage to Mixtec literature, of which few books survived the Spanish conquest, perhaps the most famous being the Codex Nuttall. We meet Juan in his...

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while Rosario's mother cares for Carlitos in Mexico. Mother and son face daunting challenges and obstacles to reunite, but are sustained by their constant hope of finally being together again.