Goodreads Review:
The experiences of young migrant children traveling to the United States are poignantly portrayed in this bilingual picture book.

An inspiring story that shares from the perspective of a child the journey they endure coming to America from Central America. ( )

This book tells the story of a father and son making their way to the United States to reach the boys mother who is already there, and the trials of the journey and the boy's experience through his new shoes. This story does a great job showing what an immigration story or journey could be like, and how challenging it is for families. This book would be appropriate for early to intermediate readers. ( )

This book is an autobiography that is in a children's friendly format. The author tells his story and hardships of the unimaginable journey he and his father went through crossing three borders to get to his mother. The focus of the story is the boy's shoes. They start off being shiny and new, and by the end, the shoes were destroyed from miles of walking, mountains crossed, and rivers swam. The author helped the reader understand the severity of his hardship by the wear and tear of his shoes — another book that I will be recommending and incorporating into my classroom. ( )

A boy and his father on the long, difficult journey from El Salvador to the United States. ( )