Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel Fifteen-year-old Talia escapes from the prison school she's confined to after having harmed a man who committed a horrible act in Bogotá, Colombia. She fleas to go back home to her father, Mauro, who intends to get her on a plane back to the United States where she was born to reunite with her undocumented mother (Elena), sister (Karina), and US-born brother (Nando). Along her journey she is helped by two men, one who hopes to get something from her and one who just wants to see her safely to her destination. Alongside this storyline is a retelling of how Mauro and Elena met, started a family, moved to the US, overstayed their visas, and how Mauro got arrested and deported after a fight. Talia was sent to live with him. Those left behind in the states lived in various cities, always wary of detection with the threat of separation and deportation for Elena and Karina. Elena longs for Bogotá, where things were familiar, she understood the language...