The death and life of Aida Hernandez : a border story /

What happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system? When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later, Aida's mother took her and her siblings to live in Douglas, Arizona....

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Main Author: Bobrow-Strain, Aaron, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Prologue: The death of Aida Hernandez -- No country for young women. Girl in a labyrinth ; English without barriers ; A sudden storm ; Miles of wall and no time to sleep ; The new millennium, her own quiet war ; Better living through border security ; Dance steps ; American dreaming ; No country for young women -- Trauma red. Hunger is worse ; Madera ; Exile and belonging ; La roca ; The railroad yard ; The black palace ; Trauma red -- Slipknot. Lucky Ema ; All the monsters at once ; The healer ; Leaving the world and fighting to rejoin it ; The "Show me your papers" state ; What care can do ; Slipknot -- Going away to come back. Ema's journey ; The underworld ; Aida's voice ; Aida and Ema ; Going away to come back ; To Battery Park -- Epilogue: The life of Aida Hernandez. 
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