The publisher and the author gratefully acknowledge Grace Gómez Molinaro, Esq., for her expert review of this book.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Diaz, Alexandra, author.
Title: Santiago’s road home / Alexandra Diaz.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] | “A Paula Wiseman Book.” | Includes bibliographical references. | Audience: Ages 8–12. | Audience: Grades 4–6. | Summary: Fleeing abusive relatives and extreme poverty in Mexico, young Santiago endures being detained by ICE while crossing the border into the United States.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019028342 (print) | LCCN 2019028343 (ebook) | ISBN 9781534446236 (hardback) | ISBN 9781534446250 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Refugees—Fiction. | Detention of persons—Fiction. | Emigration and immigration—Fiction. | Mexicans—United States—Fiction. | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Fiction. | Orphans—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.D5432 San 2020 (print) | LCC PZ7.D5432 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019028342
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