Aida Salazar

3 weeks ago | sierraclub.org | Katie O'Reilly |Aida Salazar |Brianne Farley |Mike Unwin

Photo by FatCamera/Getty Images There’s no pulling punches with kids. They can tell when grown-ups are sugarcoating things, and honestly, we haven’t exactly landed on any great G-rated versions of the climate crisis.

Oct 6, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Aida Salazar

Narrator Dani Gonzalez's youthful voice brings out the innocence and hope in Aida Salazar's poignant novel in verse. Nine-year-old Betita's world is shattered when her father, a political refugee, is deported to Mexico while Betita and her pregnant mother are imprisoned in a family detention center.