Eagle Rock Youth Featured in Book

A children’s book featuring an Eagle Rock youth, Hector Almaraz, has recently been published and is available in local libraries.

“Hector Lives in the United States Now” was written by Joan Hewett of Eagle Rock and photographed by her husband, Richard, using such landmarks as Eagle Rock School, where Almaraz was a student, and St. Dominic’s Church. The book was published by J. B. Lippincott Co.

Through Almaraz’s experiences, Hewett tells the story of families seeking amnesty through the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Almaraz and his family emigrated from Mexico; he attends Eagle Rock Junior High School.

A tea was held at the Eagle Rock Branch Library this week to honor Almaraz and the Hewetts.