For their inaugural “One Book, One City” program, Santa Fe Springs, CA has chosen the increasingly popular Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario as their Big Read. Check out their website; they’ve done a great job centering their program around the book, inviting Sonia to speak and planning a film showing as well. The story Sonia tells is incredible and really takes the lid off some issues facing the people of South and Central America.
This one’s also available in Spanish for bilingual communities.
-David