The University of Arizona Press

“In a strikingly original and innovative approach to one of the most pressing issues confronting children globally—the lives and well-being of migrant children—the authors bring an intersectional, global, and universalist perspective to understanding the experiences of child migrants through literature, art, pedagogy, policy analysis, and case studies.”—Mark Lusk, co-editor of Social Justice in the U.S. Mexico Border Region

“The attentive, sensitive essays in this book invite reflection on the experiences of migrant children and young people in the multifaceted Latin American context, illuminating how these individuals negotiate, interpolate, resignify, and reinvent the border zones that constitute and penetrate their lives. The discussions in this collection will most certainly appeal to scholars and activists, as well as to any professionals directly concerned with issues of migration and with the promotion of the human rights of children and young people. Texts will also be of great value to readers who wish to approach the field from a bottom-up perspective—one centered on the views offered by young migrants in interaction with researchers.”—Rosana Kohl Bines, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

“Editors Josiowicz (Rio de Janeiro State Univ., Brazil) and Coronado (Arizona State Univ.) bring together 10 international scholars to probe the plight of child immigrants seeking refuge and asylum at the US-Mexico border and other borders in the hemisphere, such as between Argentina and Bolivia. They are especially concerned about the human and emotional toll on unaccompanied child migrants as they navigate national bureaucracies relating to immigration, schooling, and social institutions.”—E. Hu-DeHart, CHOICE Connect

“The authors of this edited volume collectively argue migrant children and minors who cross borders, often unaccompanied, have agency in their migratory experience despite facing dangerous journeys, relying on questionable transactions with coyotes, or enduring violence at the hands of drug cartels and immigration officials. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in migration studies, youth studies, childhood studies, border studies, educational policy studies, hemispheric American studies, Latin American studies, bilingual/bicultural studies, and US Latinx studies.”—Rodolfo Aguilar, H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences