Santiago's Road Home

**"With every chapter, readers will be further immersed in Santiago's story as they root for his triumph over injustice." -- *Booklist* (starred review)****"With unflinching conviction, Diaz sketches a frank, brief account of refugee youth in an uncaring bureaucratic system." -- *Kirkus Reviews* (starred review)****A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel by award-winning author Alexandra Diaz.***The bed creaks under Santiago's shivering body. They say a person's life flashes by before dying. But it's not his whole life. Just the events that led to this. The important ones, and the ones Santiago would rather forget.*The coins in Santiago's hand are meant for the bus fare back to his abusive *abuela* 's house. Except he refuses to return; he won't be missed. His future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal Maria...