Julio, a bright ten-year-old boy, is the only survivor of his family when the flood of the century killed about five thousand people on Saturday, December 7, 1941, at the northern part of Huaras, Ancash, Peru. His cousin, Esperanza, takes charge of him. Together they go to Lima and suffer hardships to earn their secondary diplomas in order to enter the United States of America as immigrants and become worthy, naturalized citizens.
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Dorila A. Marting, mother of two, was born in Peru and came to the United States “as an immigrant to the land of freedom and opportunities.” For many years, Marting was a correspondent for the Arizona Republic and the Arizona Daily Sun. She received her MA from the University of Arizona and spent the rest of her career teaching. Julio is her fourth book.