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Everything I Have Lost, The
Sylvia Zeleny
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 978-1-947627-178
Keywords: coming-of-age, family, immigration, Mexico, violence, father-daughter, mother-daughter, U.S.-Mexico border, dysfunctional families, drug crimes
In her journal, Julia records the tumultuous year her family escapes from Juarez for El Paso, and gradually acknowledges her father's criminality and her mother's helpless love for him.