Erminia was a senior in high school in Washington, DC when she wrote Voces Sin Fronteras. She is from El Salvador. She participates in a lot of leadership programs. In the future, she would like to be an immigration lawyer.

Erminia era en el último año de la escuela secundaria en Washington, DC cuando escribía Voces Sin Fronteras. Ella es de el Salvador. Ella participa mucho en programas de liderazgo. En el futuro, le gustaría ser una abogada de inmigración.

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Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth

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ISBN: 978-1945434921

by the Latino Youth Leadership Council of LAYC

With a foreword by Newbery Medal-winning author Meg Medina

Winner of the 2019 'In the Margins' Top Nonfiction award.
Starred review in School Library Journal.
"Enlightening and inspiring #ownvoices accounts by young activists." – Kirkus Review.

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During a time of heated immigration debate and unrest, this book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headlines but whose stories don’t get told in full. Sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) in Washington, D.C. came together to tell their own stories of immigration and transformation in comics form. The result is this side-by-side bilingual collection of graphic memoirs that not only builds connections across language, but also breaks down barriers and expands hope.

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En tiempos de inquietud y acalorados debates sobre la inmigración, este libro representa una oportunidad para escuchar directamente a los jóvenes quienes suelen ocupar los titulares en la prensa, pero cuyas historias no se alcanzan a narrar por completo. Dieciséis jóvenes del Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) en Washington, D.C. se unieron para contar sus propias historias de inmigración y de transformación en formato de cómic. El resultado es esta colección de memorias gráficas bilingüe, que no sólo construye conexiones entre los idiomas, sino que también elimina barreras y abre un espacio a la esperanza.

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During the summer of 2017, Shout Mouse Press held a month-long workshop with LAYC's Latino Youth Leadership Council (LYLC), a passionate group of young people dedicated to social justice in their community. The workshop, led by a team of teaching artists with experience devising and illustrating comic books, resulted in a graphic memoir collection by Latinx youth that inspires, motivates, and educates its readers, and that changes the narrative about America's immigrants. Learn More

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REVIEWS / RESEÑAS DEL LIBRO

Reader Responses

Aug 1, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Aug 1, 2019

Really cool book written by some (clearly) incredible youth. Highly recommended.

Aug 1, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Aug 1, 2019

Reflections from Latin American youth who have immigrated to the US. Their simple stories in graphic format are touching and reveal the truth behind the immigration rhetoric. Sad but hopeful.

Aug 1, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Aug 1, 2019

Important collection of graphics & personal essays written by 16 Latinx immigrant teens now living in DC. Appreciated their hopefulness and vulnerability in writing and sharing their stories. Ordered a small set of these and can't wait to share them with ELA classes and see student responses!

Aug 1, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Aug 1, 2019

There’s a lot being said about immigrant children. This book actually lets the children speak for themselves. An important read.

Aug 1, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Aug 1, 2019

The compelling stories shared by these students, all members of the Latino Youth Leadership Council and active in the fight for social justice, signal their desire to serve as beacons or lifelines for other young immigrants. Their testimonies, as Newbery Medal winner Meg Medina (Merci Suárez Changes Gears, 2018, etc.) points out in her foreword, are ultimately about courage.

Aug 1, 2019

Mar 28, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Mar 28, 2019

Sixteen Latinx teens who emigrated from Mexico and Central America tell their stories in this bilingual volume, the result of a collaboration between nonprofit press Shout Mouse and the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, DC. While the artwork is at times unpolished, the comics will reverberate with readers. Following each piece is a reflection by its contributor. This powerful compendium amplifies teens' understanding of the young immigrant experience—facing fears, overcoming sadness and the temptation to give up, learning a new language, and being left by parents who migrated first, then forgiving and reuniting with them decades later.

Mar 28, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Mar 28, 2019

Immigration is not an easy topic to tackle with students. Regardless of your background, it is difficult to represent the experiences of others. It is especially hard to give students an understanding of the complex issues involved in immigration.

The best answer is for individuals to tell their own stories, and for teachers to add additional context. In Voces Sin Fronteras, sixteen young people share their stories of immigration in comics. In my opinion, this side-by-side bilingual collection of graphic memoirs belongs in every Spanish and English class in the country.

Mar 28, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Mar 28, 2019

I read Voces Sin Fronteras and it makes me think how we here in America take for granted the little things in life like going to school and being able to be a child and not have to worry about working to help the family and how we are safer here than anywhere in the world and then we have our president here sending troops to the Mexico border to stop people that are not trying to come in illegally but walk into the border crossing and asking for asylum the legal way.

Mar 28, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Mar 28, 2019

This has been a great book for my students (especially my ELL students and struggling readers) to help them better understand the reason children and others come to America

Mar 28, 2019

Voces Sin Fronteras

Mar 28, 2019

It is a good book to use when trying to help students understand or see the human/individual side of the current immigration debate.

Mar 28, 2019