(in person) (Multnomah County Everybody Reads) Solito by Javier Zamora

Join us for our yearly reading of Multnomah County's Everybody Reads choice. This year's book is Solito by Javier Zamora. The book will be available free at all Multnomah County Library locations and there will be unlimited ebooks available to check out - these will be available in both English and Spanish.

Everybody Reads will conclude with “An Evening with Javier Zamora” on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (the day before this book club) at 7:30 pm at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are available from Literary Arts.

synopsis: Solito is an account of Zamora’s 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old. His crossing involved perilous boat trips and relentless desert treks during two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who became an unexpected family.
He traveled unaccompanied by boat, bus, and foot. After a coyote abandoned his group in Oaxaca, Javier managed to make it to Arizona with the aid of other migrants.