Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States

Compiled by Warren Binford for Project Amplify Workman Kids 4/13/2021, hardcover SKU: 9781523513482   The moving stories of children in migration --in their own words. Every day, children in migration are detained at the US-Mexico border. They are scared, alone, and their lives are in limbo. Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz shares the stories of 61 these children, from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Mexico, ranging in age from five to seventeen--in their own words from actual sworn testimonies. Befitting the spirit of the project, the book is in English on one side; then flip it over, and there's a complete Spanish version. Illustrated by 17 Latinx artists, including Caldecott Medalist and multiple Pura Belpré Illustrator Award-winning Yuyi Morales and Pura Belpré Illustrator Award-winning Raὺl the Third. Includes information, questions, and action points. With a foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek. Reviews: "In Spanish and in English, a devastating first-person account of