Spring 2024

Una historia más (Just Another Story)

Un relato gráfico de migración (A Graphic Migration Account)

  • Interest Level: Grade 9 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

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 enfrentan al emigrar a otras tierras. Diez años después, Carlos comparte estos recuerdos con su primo Ernesto. El resultado de su conversación es Una historia más: Un relato gráfico de migración.

When Carlos was nineteen years old, his mother decided to leave her life in El Salvador, seeking a new start in the United States. She arranged the services of a coyote for the journey north. Reluctant to leave, but refusing to let his mother go without him, Carlos joined her. During their trip through Mexico, they experienced the risks and the fears countless people from Central American countries faces as they migrate toward different lands. Ten years later, Carlos shared these memories with his cousin Ernesto. The result of their conversation is Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account.

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Interest Level Grade 9 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 7
Genre Graphic Novels, Social Studies, Young Adult
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Diverse Books: Immigration & Refugees, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diverse Books: Social Class, Diverse Books: Social Justice, Diversity, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: D Relationship Skills, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2024
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Graphic Universe ™
Language Spanish
Number of Pages 216
Publication Date 2024-04-02
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS YAN012040, YAN051090, YAN038060
Dewey 741.5/97284
Dimensions 7 x 9
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Author, Illustrator: Ernesto Saade

Ernesto Saade is an El Salvador-born architect turned cartoonist. After years spent in the world of construction work, he left to pursue his Master’s Degree in Illustration and Comics from the Barcelona School of Design and Engineering. Now, he works at a non-governmental organization that allows him to devote 100% of his time to drawing comics.

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Reviews

School Library Journal

“This stirring work gives a face to the very real experiences of thousands who must make the same treacherous journey.”—School Library Journal