Category Archives: Enrique’s Journey

Finding Unity in the Community: Common Reads Titles that Bring Us Closer

By bicadmin | Published: June 4, 2015

When Books In Common/Terra Com was founded in 2001, Community Reading Programs as envisioned by pioneering Seattle Librarian Nancy Pearl were in their infancy. Since then, BIC has connected with thousands of literary programs across the globe, helping event planners as they face the sometimes daunting task of selecting the perfect book for their communities, partnering with the author, and ensuring that their specific goals are met and exceeded – year after year. We focus on these important programs because we passionately believe that building common ground around literature is one of the best ways to bridge the divide among race, religion, socio-economics, sexual orientation, politics, and cultural identities.

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Highlights from a Few BIC-Supported Events

By bicadmin | Published: June 4, 2015

Highlights from a Few BIC-Supported Events

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Broadening the American Immigration Discussion with Outstanding Author Events

By bicadmin | Published: December 16, 2014

Create a special author event at your college, library or literary festival focused on the issue of immigration.

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Sonia Nazario on Jon Stewart

By bicadmin | Published: August 26, 2014
Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, discusses the refugee crisis with Jon Stewart.

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Sonia Nazario Speaks on Capitol Hill

By bicadmin | Published: July 29, 2014
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario

Sonia  Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, spoke on Capitol Hill about the situation children face in countries such as Honduras. She describes what she witnessed and learned from the people living in this dangerous country and urges the US government to change the processing of these children from illegal immigrants to refugees.

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Sonia Nazario Discusses Border Town Crisis

By bicadmin | Published: June 24, 2014
Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

As the number of children crossing the border alone increases dramatically, Sonia Nazario has been discussing the reasons they travel into the US. She explains the situation in Central America is filled with gang violence and threats of murder which is causing the wave of children crossing the border to surge.

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Sonia Nazario Discusses Enrique’s Journey with NPR

By bicadmin | Published: May 21, 2014
Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

Catch a conversation with Pulitzer winner Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, with Robin Young of NPR’s Here and Now. Listen as they catch up with Enrique’s continuing struggle to bring his family together in the United States and discuss the many difficulties facing the children pouring into America to reunite with their parents. To listen to Sonia’s interview click HERE.

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Sonia Nazario Speaks about Child Immigration

By bicadmin | Published: May 2, 2014
Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer winner and author of Enrique's Journey

The television show, America with Jorge Ramos, recently interviewed Sona Nazario about, Enrique’s Journey, and the dramatically increasing numbers of children coming into the US without a parent or guardian. The influx of drug cartels as well as gangs that force these young children to smuggle drugs into the US makes them refugees rather than illegal immigrants, according to Sonia Nazario. She also gives an update on Enrique, the protagonist in Enrique’s Journey, and his current situation in the US.

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Biographies vs. Beach Books: Trends in All Campus Reads Selections

By bicadmin | Published: September 19, 2013

In the last decade, common reading programs have become a mainstay for library programming, literary organizations, and college campuses. The rise in First Year Experience, Freshman Reads, and All Campus Reads programs seems to correspond to the decline of core curricula in higher education — as colleges distance themselves from core curricula they find that students still need to have something in common academically. Books in common type programs on campuses have been a convenient answer to that need.

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Young Adult Version of Sonia Nazario’s Enrique’s Journey Now Available

By bicadmin | Published: September 4, 2013

With an estimated one million children living illegally in the United Stated, and nearly one in four of the nation’s elementary school students of immigrant status, Pulitzer Prize winner Sonia Nazario’s moving tale of one boy’s journey has met widespread acclaim and become a national bestseller. In Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunited With His Mother, Sonia Nazario’s compelling story has been adapted for a younger audience. The YA version contains a new epilogue, updating readers on where Enrique is today, and on his life since his story become national news. With the immigration raging as a hot-button political issue, Enrique’s Journey brings to light the daily struggles of immigrants, legal and otherwise, and the complicated choices they face to survive.

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