Illegal: A Disappeared Novel

To escape the violent cartel that is after them in Ciudad Juâarez, siblings Sara and Emiliano flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping to bring their pursuers to justice, only to discover that an even greater danger awaits them.

About the author

Francisco X. Stork (he/him) emigrated from Mexico at the age of nine with his mother and his adoptive father. I Am Not Alone is his tenth novel. Other novels include: Marcelo in the Real World, recipient of the Schneider Family Book Award, The Last Summer of the Death Warriors, which received the Elizabeth Walden Award, The Memory of Light, recipient of the Tomas Rivera Award, Disappeared, which received the Young Adult Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and was a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book and Illegal, recipient of the In the Margins Award, the Young Adult Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and the International Latino Book Award. On the Hook published in 2021, received four starred reviews and was the recipient of the International Latino Book Award.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco X Stork, Francisco X. Stork
• Publisher: Gardners
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781338310559
• ISBN: 978-1-338-31055-9
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 146 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 394 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Kinder/Jugendliche: Familienromane, Kinder/Jugendliche: Persönliche und soziale Themen: Familien und Familienangelegenheiten, Kinder/Jugendliche: persönliche und soziale Themen: Migration und Flüchtlinge, young adult fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration