Lost Children Archive

WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE WOMEN’S PRIZE

The moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one of the brightest young stars in world literature

Suppose you and Pa were gone, and we were lost. What would happen then?

A family in New York packs the car and sets out on a road trip. This will be the last journey they ever take together.

In Central America and Mexico, thousands of children are on a journey of their own, travelling north to the US border. Not all of them will make it there.