Best Books of 2024 Sampler

Best books of 2024 you may have missed, adult fiction and nonfiction
 

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1. Everyone who is gone is here: the United States, Central America, and the making of a crisis

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Author:
Blitzer, Jonathan
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A "history of the ... humanitarian crisis at the southern border that tells the story of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policy makers determining their fate"--

2. Soldiers and kings: survival and hope in the world of human smuggling

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Author:
De León, Jason, 1977-
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet media and politicians have always characterized smugglers-or coyotes,...