Dreams and Nightmares: I Fled Alone to the United States When I Was Fourteen

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Liliana Velásquez Edited and translated by Mark Lyons Working and Writing for Change Series Editors: Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek Information and Pricing 978-1-60235-939-0 (paperback, $22.95), 978-1-60235-940-6 (PDF, $14.99) © 2017 by New City Community Press. 212 pages in full color, in both English and Spanish. Bookstores : Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. In the News The Memoir Prize for Books, Winner "Refugee Memoir Escape" and Grand Prize Finalist, Dec. 2020. Watch Liliana Velásquez discuss Dreams and Nightmares . Al Día News (I Am an American Immigrant campaign) Dreams and Nightmares named a Finalist for Indie Book Awards in the Young Author category (2018). See http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners/list "PA. aid society honors young immigrant author for courage, determination." Michael Matza. WHYY . 23 April 2018. About This Book At fourteen, Liliana Velásquez walked out of her village in Guatemala and headed for the U.S. border, alone. On her two-thousand-mile voyage she was robbed by narcos , rode the boxcars of La Bestia , and encountered death in the Sonoran Desert. When she was caught by Immigration in Arizona, she thought her journey was over. But it had just begun. A los catorce años, Liliana abandonó su pueblo en Guatemala y se dirigió hacia la frontera de los Estados Unidos, sola. En su viaje de dos mil millas fue asaltada por los narcos, viajó en los vagones de La Bestia y se enfrentó a la muerte en el desierto de Sonora. Cuando fue capturada por Inmigración en Arizona, ella pensó que su viaje había terminado. Pero solo acababa de empezar. What People Are Saying While Immigrants' stories are often told by others, Liliana shares her personal experience of vulnerability, resilience and perseverance in the face of uncertainty. She is a strong and remarkable woman. Mientras que las historias de los inmigrantes son generalmente contadas por terceros, Liliana comparte su propia historia personal, su capacida