Dan-el Padilla Peralta

The book cover of "Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League" by Dan-el Padilla Peralta features the author as a boy, wearing a baseball cap, sitting in a chair in front of a wall covered with cutout pictures from magazines.

About

Published by Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC (ISBN: 9781594206528). Overstaying his visa in the U.S. before he was in kindergarten, Padilla Peralta joined other young DREAM Act scholars to erase his illegal status. His humor, wisdom, success and very American boyhood smash anti-immigration stereotypes.

Awards Won

Title Year
Alex-AWARDSWinner_lowres.png Alex Awards
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.
 2016 - Winner(s)