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Author/narrator Estella Juarez takes listeners on the heartrending journey of her familys immigration struggleher message is powerful heartbreaking and hopeful AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author Estela Juarez

When Estela Juarezs mom is deported to Mexico Estela knows she has to speak up for her family Told in Estelas own words Until Someone Listens is a true story about a young girl finding her voice and using it to make change

Estelas family lives together in a happy home full of love Or at least they used to until their home was torn apart

My mom had to go back
to the other side of the river
because she wasnt born in this country

For years her family fought and fought for permission for her to stay in the US But no one listened When Estela was eight her mother was deported to Mexico

Estela knew she had to do something So she wrote letters to local newspapers Congress the President and anyone else who could help She wrote and wrote and wrote until finally someone listened

In this heart wrenching autobiographical story Estela Juarezs letters take her from the local news all the way to the national stage where she discovers the power in her words and pledges to keep using her voice until her familyand others like hers are together again

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press