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Top Ten List in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Social Advocacy of the In the Margins Book Awards Gold Medal for Best Novel- Adventure or Drama (English) from International Latino Book Awards Three runaway teenagers are chased in a road trip from the Texan frontera to New England, by a drug cartel planning to unleash chaos unto the country. A coming-of-age novel of literary fiction with a thriller twist, from preeminent Mexican-American author Sergio Troncoso. Nobody's Pilgrims (Adult Fiction) is a cross between The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and No Country for Old Men. Seventeen-year-old Turi escapes from his abusive family by reading. He hopes to actually escape by saving up from his work at a chicken farm near Ysleta, Texas. He believes the beautiful setting of his favorite book, Connecticut, will be the perfect home for him. So, Turi sets off on the road with Arnulfo?an undocumented teenager he met at the farm, and Molly?a lonely girl looking to build a better life. The boys start their trip by hitching a ride with an elderly man, but they leave him behind and steal his truck when they begin to suspect he's in the middle of an illicit operation, and hiding a dangerous secret. Unfortunately for the three runaways, the secret is hidden in the truck and results in a drug cartel chasing them down, the release of a virus, and the total breakdown of society around them. With pensive, likable characters traveling and coming of age together, and a thriller twist that drives the narrative with intensity, Nobody's Pilgrims is a can't-put-down book with heart. The teenagers' journey builds on the classic bildungsroman The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but author Sergio Troncoso adds a gritty, frontera twist with the tension of No Country for Old Men.