At just 9 years old, Javier Zamora left El Salvador believing he would reunite with his parents in the United States within two weeks. Instead, his journey stretched nearly two months and more than 3,000 miles.
In Solito, Zamora recounts traveling through Guatemala and Mexico with strangers, crossing dangerous waters and deserts, surviving detention and deportation, and facing constant uncertainty. Along the way, the people traveling beside him became something unexpected: a second family. They shared food, protected him, carried him when he was exhausted, and gave him comfort when he felt most alone.
Told through the eyes of a child, Solito is both a harrowing migration story and a deeply human account of fear, resilience, kindness, and belonging.
Read the Instaread summary of Solito to discover the extraordinary journey that changed Javier Zamora’s life.
