Beast Rider by Maria Elena Fontanot de Rhoads and Tony Johnston
I feel this book should be an instant classic for all ages! A youth from Oaxaca leaves his family farm to brave the infamous La Bestia– a train travelling north to the MĂ©xico-US border– to cross into the United States and live with his older brother in Los Angeles. Lyrical prose, heartbreaking trauma handled sensitively, …