Bookmarks Book Club
Schedule
Tue May 28 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
713 Marsha Ave, Williamstown, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08094 | Williamstown, NJ
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The Bookmarks meet on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. except for December. All adults are invited to read along with us and join our monthly discussions held in the library meeting room. Pick up a reading list in the library by the circulation desk or email [email protected]. For more information, please call 856-629-1212.Solito by Javier Zamora
Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--"one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure." Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a coyote hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, living under the same roof again. He does not see the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
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