Enrique's Journey

One of this bloggers' favorite books of the year is Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite With His Mother by Sonia Nazario. Nazario, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, follows the journey of Enrique, a young boy who leaves Honduras to the travel to the United States in hope of finding his mother. His mother had left him behind in Honduras a dozen years earlier in hope of making a better life for herself in the United Stes. Thousands of Latin American and Mexican children undertake a similiar journey every year. The journey is dangerous, life-threatening and humilating with a ever-present risk of starvation, rape and death.

If you're looking for a book about immigration, motherhood or a plain good read, this is it.