Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In 40 Questions

"I didn’t expect these 128 pages to haunt me. Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli volunteered as a translator in a New York immigration court, asking undocumented Central American children the 40 official questions that will determine their future in the United States. Luiselli uses these questions as the framework for her essay, outlining a devastating portrait of how a child’s journey in search of a better life can rob them of their humanity. I read this book several months ago, and I still find myself wondering what happened to the children ensnared in our immigration bureaucracy. That is a testament to Luiselli’s deft and compelling writing."