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Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience

Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience

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Nuestra Palabra - Texas Freedom of Speech Tour: Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience

This is a powerful first-person account about a teen detained at the Tornillo, Texas, Immigration detention camp outside of El Paso during the first Trump Administration. He kept a record of what he went through, and that notebook is now a book. Nuestra Palabra: Latinos Having Their Say is proud to bring Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience, by D. Esperanza, Gerardo Iván Morales, to five Texas cities:

Austin May 15, 2025
San Antonio, May 17, 2025
Houston, May 22, 2025
El Paso, May 24, 2025
Dallas, May 30. 2025

More info & the book: www.NuestraPalbra.org