Summary of Javier Zamora's Solito

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#1 I have bad dreams about not having my parents with me. I’m the only one in first grade who doesn’t have both parents with him. I tell my friends that one day, I’m taking a trip like a real-real game of hide-and-seek.

#2 I miss my friends and family back in La USA. I love my grandparents, but I miss my mom and dad. I want to be with them on Mother’s and Father’s Day, but I know that won’t happen.

#3 I was finally able to see my parents this year, and I was excited. I was finally going to learn English, and I was going to school in the United States.

#4 I often sold my sister Mali horchata, ensalada, and marañón, and chan to the patients at the clinic. I was a good salesman because I had been sitting on Mom’s lap as she handed customers a plastic bag with whatever drink they ordered.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350026191

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I have bad dreams about not having my parents with me. I’m the only one in first grade who doesn’t have both parents with him. I tell my friends that one day, I’m taking a trip like a real-real game of hide-and-seek.

#2

I miss my friends and family back in La USA. I love my grandparents, but I miss my mom and dad. I want to be with them on Mother’s and Father’s Day, but I know that won’t happen.

#3

I was finally able to see my parents this year, and I was excited. I was finally going to learn English, and I was going to school in the United States.

#4

I often sold my sister Mali horchata, ensalada, and marañón, and chan to the patients at the clinic. I was a good salesman because I had been sitting on Mom’s lap as she handed customers a plastic bag with whatever drink they ordered.

#5

I was excited to go to the US Embassy to get my citizenship papers, but I was too small to jump the fence that separated our house from the neighbors’. My parents had wanted me to wait until I was older, but I was nine years old and could already jump the fence.

#6

My favorite picture of my mother is of her facing the camera, dressed in an oversized blue polo shirt, the Golden Gate in the background. I tell my friends at school that the Golden Gate is the biggest bridge anyone has ever built.

#7

Don Dago is a fisherman who visits our town two to three times a year. He delivers children, women, and men older than he is, for the same price. He changed Mom’s and Dad’s lives.

#8

Don Dago is a coyote who travels between Mexico and the United States. He is famous for his notepad, which he uses to pause for suspense when people ask him questions. He can’t change the price, and he never talks about the reasons why people need him.

#9

I was excited to see my parents, but I was also scared. I knew that my parents were saving money to bring me back to America, but I didn’t know the exact number. I made one up and wrote it at the top of every page of my school assignments.

#10

I like watching my mother apply makeup. She would always apply makeup before going