In Sylvia Zeleny's book The Everything I Have Lost, Julia, a twelve-year-old in Mexico, describes the changes she is witnessing. They fall into categories of fractures in her family and in her country, and she finds herself wrestling with what is real and true as she is moved to El Paso to stay with her aunt while her mother and father stay in Mexico and the details for doing so aren't immediately shared.

Themes of happy-sad and bridges are present, and I appreciated the value communicated in journaling.

The narrator does a solid job convincing listeners that the protagonist is a younger child.

If it's a concern for anyone, be aware of some swearing throughout the book.

(I received a digital ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.)