Kim asked Amanda Eyre Ward:

Really loved The Same Sky. How did you research the info you used in the book? Your info about the train was so hard to read.

Amanda Eyre Ward Yes, I think about the children fleeing violence and starvation every day. They are still needing safety and shelter, more now that when I was researching THE SAME SKY. I visited shelters for unaccompanied minors along the Texas and California borders and interviewed children to research the book. Then I spent time at a high school in Austin that had many undocumented students. I even sneaked into the high school prom!

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