Solito : The New York Times Bestseller

AA�TELEGRAPHA�BOOK OF THE YEAR'SolitoA�is my travel book of the year.'A�Telegraph'Heartbreaking�_� AA�rare, eye-opening rendition of the brutal reality of border-crossing.' Lea Ypi�_~If there�_Ts any justice, Solito will someday be considered a classic.�_T Rumaan AlamYoung Javier dreams of eating orange sherbet ice cream with his parents in the United States. For this to happen, he must embark on a three-thousand-mile journey alone. It should last only two weeks. But it takes seven. In limbo, Javier learns what people will do to survive �_" and what they will forfeit to save someone else. This is a memoir of perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, and pointed guns. But it is also a story of tasting tacos for the first time, of who passes you their water jug in the crippling heat, and of longing to be in your mother�_Ts arms.