Hombrecito: A Novel Romance the Underground Railroad is no

the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil

diary form he ruthlessly catalogs his every feeling and sensation

Kotoko makes her way along a seashell path

from an electrifying new voice

Hombrecito: A Novel Romance the Underground Railroad is noNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming of age story about a young immigrants complex relationships with his mother and his motherland In this groundbreaking novel, Santiago Jose Sanchez plunges us into the heart of one boys life. His mother takes him and his brother from Colombia to America, leaving their absent father behind but essentially disappearing herself once they