Publisher's Synopsis
When I decided to spend a year as a high school exchange student in the United States in 2000, I did not expect that my time in Iowa would change the course of my life forever. After growing up surrounded by concrete structures in Arequipa, the second-largest city in Peru, I moved to Mount Vernon, a small Iowa town surrounded by cornfields. During my year there, I adapted to a new world, learned a new language, and made lifelong friendships. Most importantly, my year in the United States opened my eyes to a new world of possibilities. Through the Eyes of Santiago is the story of an exchange student who lived in the United States for a year. It's the story of two host families and of the many Americans who changed my life and had their lives changed by my time among them. It's the story of an immigrant, of a brown boy living in white America for the first time. It's my American story.
