

This memoir captures the immediacy of Zamora's journey as well as the fast intimacies created by a shared intense experience, and it's delivered effectively through a voice that feels genuine to a nine-year-old's experience. It feels tedious at times, but this, too, feels true to the experience, which alternates between boredom and terror. I'm looking forward to the book club discussion. (Photo from a hike I took near the border in winter 2023.)