Linda Barghoorn - Hoping for a Home After El Salvador

Hoping for a Home After El Salvador

Linda Barghoorn

Linda Barghoorn

After the Journey

After the Journey

Hoping for a Home After El Salvador

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Hoping for a home after El Salvador / Linda Barghoorn.

Names: Barghoorn, Linda, author.

Series: Leaving my homeland: after the journey.

Description: Series statement: Leaving my homeland : after the journey | Includes index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190114819 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190114835 | ISBN 9780778765004 (softcover) | ISBN 9780778764946 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781427123749 (HTML)

Subjects: LCSH: RefugeesEl SalvadorJuvenile literature. | LCSH: RefugeesUnited StatesJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Refugee childrenEl SalvadorJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Refugee childrenUnited StatesJuvenile literature. | LCSH: RefugeesSocial conditionsJuvenile literature. | LCSH: El SalvadorHistory1992-Juvenile literature. | LCSH: El Salvador Social conditionsJuvenile literature.

Classification: LCC HV640.5.S24 B37 2019 | DDC j305.23086/914097284dc23

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Barghoorn, Linda, author.

Title: Hoping for a home after El Salvador / Linda Barghoorn.

Description: New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2019] | Series: Leaving my homeland: after the journey | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019023036 (print) | LCCN 2019023037 (ebook) | ISBN 9780778764946 (hardback) | ISBN 9780778765004 (paperback) | ISBN 9781427123749 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Refugees--El Salvador--Juvenile literature. | Refugees-- Mexico--Juvenile literature. | Refugee children--El Salvador--Juvenile literature. | Refugee children--Mexico--Juvenile literature. | Immigrants--Government policy--United States--Juvenile literature. | United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy-- Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC HV640.5.S24 B37 2019 (print) | LCC HV640.5.S24 (ebook) | DDC 362.7/7914089687284072--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019023036

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019023037

Photo Credits: t=Top, c=Center, b=Bottom, l= Left, r=Right

Cover: Shutterstock: carlos.araujo

Inside: Shutterstock: Aberu.Go: p. 19t; Anton Ivanov: p. 5r; Atlaspix: p. 5cl; Brgfx: p. 6t; Rob Byron: p. 10b; Jose Carrera: p. 25c; ChameleonsEye: p. 24c; Cobisimo: p. 24t; Elena Diego Photography: p. 17c; Diego Drenoso: p. 20; Elenabsl: p. 20t; Fishman64: p. 26b; GlobalVision 360: p. 6t; HappyPictures: p. 12b; Vic Hinterlang: p. 7t, 10t, 11l, 13b, 14b, 26c; Simone Hogan: p. 23c; Illpaxphotomatic: pp. 12-13; IsoVector: p. 18b, 22-23b; Ruslana Iurchenko: pp. 16-17t; Helga Khorimarko: pp. 18l, 19r, 21r; Lawkeeper: p. 23tr; Cindy Lee: p. 26bl; LineTale: p. 11r; Ian MacLellan: pp. 6b, 9tl, 22t; Macrovector: p. 7c, 23cr; Estudio Maia: p. 1l; Mspoint: p. 28t; MSSA: p. 11bl; Nong Vector Design: p. 16c; NotionPic: p. 22bl; Parose: pp. 3, 14t; Photoroyalty: p. 10bl; Photoshooter2015: p. 18; Joseph Sorrentino: pp. 14c, 21c; Ulrike Stein: p. 15; Stockakia: p. 16b; Sudowoodo: p. 29t; Globe Turner: p. 5tl; Whats My Name: pp. 25b, 27t, 27r; Yoko Design: p. 1bg UNHCR: UNHCR/Marta Martinez: p. 27c; UNHCR/Daniele Volpe: pp. 28b, 29c; Wikimedia Commons: U.S. Customs and Border Protection: p. 9r.

Author: Linda Barghoorn

Editors: Sarah Eason, Harriet McGregor, and Janine Deschenes

Proofreader and indexer: Wendy Scavuzzo

Editorial director: Kathy Middleton

Design: Paul Myerscough and Jessica Moon

Photo research: Rachel Blount

Production coordinator and Prepress technician: Ken Wright

Print coordinator: Katherine Berti

Consultant: Hawa Sabriye

Written, developed, and produced by Calcium

Publishers Note: The story presented in this book is a fictional account based on extensive research of real-life accounts by refugees, with the aim of reflecting the true experience of refugee children and their families.

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Published in the United States Crabtree Publishing PMB 59051 Fifth Avenue, 59th Floor New York, New York 10118

Published in the United Kingdom Crabtree Publishing Maritime House Basin Road North, Hove BN41 1WR

Published in Australia Crabtree Publishing Unit Currumbin Court Capalaba QLD 4157

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My Homeland, El Salvador ...................................................

Benitos Story: Leaving My Homeland ...............................

A New Life .............................................................................

Benitos Story: Arriving in Mexico ....................................

A New Home .........................................................................

Benitos Story: My New Home ...........................................

A New School .......................................................................

Benitos Story: My New School .........................................

On the Move ..........................................................................

Benitos Story: My New Way of Life ..................................

Benitos Story: Looking to the Future ..............................

Do Not Forget Our Stories! ................................................

Glossary ................................................................................

Learning More ......................................................................

Index and About the Author ...............................................

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