Los Niños
()
About this ebook
of the adults. They must, however, abide by the same rules. Some of them exhibit tough exteriors, but many times, their childish minds cannot comprehend even what they have done. It is then that the Detention Officers confront the child (el nio), who weeps, and mourns for his mother, his family and his lost future. Los Nios tells the story of only 31 of these children. There are hundreds of thousands of them nationwide. Along with our child prodigies, and our honor students, they also are Americas future.
Maria Victoria Murua
Maria Victoria Murua is a wife, mother, grandmother, poet, writer, singer and musician. Of all her literary work, Maria is proudest of the many gospel songs she has authored for her Church choir, at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Guadalupe, Arizona. “When I hear the people singing my songs of praise to God, my heart literally takes flies to Heaven,” she says. Maria has also spent the last 25 years as a Detention Officer for Maricopa County, in the State of Arizona. Most of those years she worked in the Adult Remand Juvenile Detention Unit. “Those years were very painful,” she admits. “As a mother and a grandmother, it breaks my heart to see all the young children, ‘Los Niños,’ that are facing bleak, uncertain futures of lengthy prison sentences and even life imprisonment. Childhood should never end like this, but for many children, it does.
Related to Los Niños
Related ebooks
Life in the Fringes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAustralia’S Shame: A Collaboration by Diane Mancuso and Simon Houlders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBecome The Woman of Your Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Uninvited: The True Story of the Union Screaming House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creatures of Wonder: A Tale of the Unfound Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMuffle: A Love like Luna's Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Forgetting to Remember Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeeper Than Hell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHorse Latitudes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSporadic Ravings of a Lunatic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKabuko The Djinn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sleepwalkers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Savage Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnuckle Supper: Ultimate Gutter Fix Edition: Knucklers, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Doppelgängers: Beginnings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDanistan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSomewhere Between Here and Perfect: Further Findings of a Fallible Free Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angel Cloud Poetry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBobbio's Mix: A Hip Hop Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSiofra: The Sumaire Web, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne Tough Cat: An Animal Tale for Adults Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDysfunctional Poetry 102 for Bedtime Reading Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Hides in the Darkness (The Light Trilogy, Book One) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShards of Glass Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Souls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Verdict Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecrets and Lies in El Salvador Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOut of the Woods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's Social Themes For You
Pete the Kitty: Ready, Set, Go-Cart! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winnie the Pooh: The Classic Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frog and Toad: A Little Book of Big Thoughts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pout-Pout Fish Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pete the Kitty Goes to the Doctor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unteachables Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stuart Little Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bridge to Terabithia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One and Only Bob Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unlocked Book 8.5 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neverseen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amari and the Night Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stellarlune Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Keeper of the Lost Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Trumpet of the Swan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hello, Universe: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nightfall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Horse and His Boy: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Out of My Mind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lodestar Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Battle: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Los Niños
0 ratings0 reviews