With a Star in My Hand by Margarita Engle

Author:Margarita Engle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2020-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

A MOB OF GROWN-UPS

Friends

pack my bag

drag me to the port

push me onto a ship

and send me away

from the daydream

called love.

EXILE

From the deck of the ship

I see a port—La Libertad, El Salvador.

Now that I’m in a foreign country

where I know no one, what should I do,

try to make my way back across the border

toward memories of childhood,

or stay here and beg strangers

for help?

I DARE MYSELF

Courage

is a challenge.

So I’ll meet it.

I must—I will!

Believing that I was an orphan

for so many years before learning the truth

about my devious parents

has made me accustomed

to expecting rejection,

but now—instead of

allowing myself

to feel only fear,

I claim a blaze

of confidence

as strong as one

of El Bocón’s

bold stories.

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