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Summary: The documentary and love story of Salvadoran-American boxer Carlos 'Famoso' Hernandez as he fights for his American dream, two world titles, and the spirit of an entire country.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Rich/Tint Productions 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOR

Lovato, Roberto

Summary: Roberto Lovato shares a timely and no-holds-barred tale of gang life, guerilla warfare, immigration, and intergenerational trauma.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LOV

Markham, Lauren

Summary: "The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California--fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his identical twin, Raul, never felt that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MAR

Markham, Lauren

Summary: Identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores, seventeen, must flee El Salvador, make a harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, face capture by immigration authorities, and struggle to navigate life in America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 MAR

Saade, Ernesto

Summary: "Cuando Carlos tenía 19 años, su mamá decidió dejar su vida en El Salvador y buscar un nuevo comienzo en Estados Unidos. Para el viaje al norte, contrató los servicios de un coyote. Carlos se resistía a ir, pero no quiso dejar que su mamá partiera sin él y decidió unirse. En su recorrido a través de México, vivieron los riesgos y miedos que incontables personas de países centroamericanos...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult World, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH SAA

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