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"Gena Thomas tells the story of five-year-old Julia, whose harrowing journey with her mother from Honduras to the United States took her from cargo trailer to detention center to foster care. Weaving together the stories of birth mother and foster mother, this book shows the human face of the immigrant and refugee, the challenges of the immigration and foster care systems, and the tenacious power of motherly love"--

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  • Other · English · 2019
    InterVarsity Press · 209 pages · 9780830845750
  • Other · English · 2019
    InterVarsity Press · 224 pages · 9780830857906
Foster mothersBiographyHonduransImmigrantsFamily relationshipsUnaccompanied immigrant childrenEmigration and immigrationSocial aspects