(Some may not be suitable for young readers.)
Byrne, Zoë. “Guatemalan Funeral Traditions: A look into traditional Guatemalan beliefs about death and funerals.” Seven Ponds Blog. June 12, 2014. http://blog.sevenponds.com/cultural-perspectives/guatemalan-funeral-traditions.
Carina, an undocumented Guatemalan living in the US in a personal interview with the author, March 10, 2015.
“Central American Insomnia.” Médecins Sans Frontieres. August 4, 2014. http://www.msf.org/article/central-american-insomnia.
Eichstaedt, Peter. The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US–Mexico Border. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2014.
Daily Mail. “From Bribing Drug Cartels and Immigration Officials to Paying for Hotels and Train Rides: Coyote Smugglers Reveal Costs Involved in Smuggling Child Migrants from Central America to the U.S.” July 22, 2014. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2700946/From-bribing-drug-cartels-immigration-officials-paying-hotels-train-rides-Coyote-smugglers-reveal-costs-involved-smuggling-child-migrants-Central-America-U-S.html.
Gordan, Ian. “70,000 Kids Will Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What Happens to Them?” Mother Jones. July/August 2014. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/child-migrants-surge-unaccompanied-central-america.
Isacson, Adam, Maureen Meyer, and Gabriela Morales. “Mexico’s Other Border: Security, Migration, and the Humanitarian Crisis at the Line with Central America.” Washington Office on Latin America. June 2014. http://www.wola.org/files/mxgt/report/.
Maril, Robert Lee. The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration Along the U.S.–Mexico Border. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 2011.
Martínez, Óscar. The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail. Translated by Daniela Maria Ugaz and John Washington. London: Verso, 2013.
Nazario, Sonia. Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother. New York: Random House, 2007.
Rodríguez Tejera, Roberto. “Prohibido Callarse.” Mira TV online video, 2:00–13:14. July 2, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNU9EnfOV8.
“Rutas a Estados Unidos.” Map. Fundación San Ignacio de Loyola and Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes México. http://www.sjmmexico.org/uploads/TBL_CDOCUMENTOS_78_2_49.pdf.
Sánchez Saturno, Luis (photojournalist), in a personal interview with the author, July 28, 2015.