Leon Jennifer De
Leon Jennifer De - Don't Ask Me Where I'm From - Paperback
Leon Jennifer De - Don't Ask Me Where I'm From - Paperback
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Description: A funny perceptive and much - needed book telling a much - needed story. Celeste Ng author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhere First - generation American Latin X Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all - white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up she must decide what she believes in and take a stand. Liliana Cruz is a hitting a wall or rather walls. There's the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana's dad left again. There's the wall that delineates Liliana's diverse inner - city Boston neighborhood from Westburg the wealthy and white suburban high school she's just been accepted into. And there's the wall Liliana creates within herself because to survive at Westburg she can t just lighten up she has to whiten up. So what if she changes her name? So what if she changes the way she talks? So what if she's seeing her neighborhood in a different way? But then light is shed on some hard truths: It isn t that her father doesn t want to come home he can t and her whole family is in jeopardy. And when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch the walls that divide feel insurmountable. But a wall isn t always a barrier. It can be a foundation for something better. And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth or risk crumbling under its weight.
Title: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Author(s): Leon Jennifer De, Elena Garnu
Publisher: Atheneum/ Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Barcode: 9781534438255
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/27/2021
Description: A funny perceptive and much - needed book telling a much - needed story. Celeste Ng author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhere First - generation American Latin X Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all - white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up she must decide what she believes in and take a stand. Liliana Cruz is a hitting a wall or rather walls. There's the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana's dad left again. There's the wall that delineates Liliana's diverse inner - city Boston neighborhood from Westburg the wealthy and white suburban high school she's just been accepted into. And there's the wall Liliana creates within herself because to survive at Westburg she can t just lighten up she has to whiten up. So what if she changes her name? So what if she changes the way she talks? So what if she's seeing her neighborhood in a different way? But then light is shed on some hard truths: It isn t that her father doesn t want to come home he can t and her whole family is in jeopardy. And when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch the walls that divide feel insurmountable. But a wall isn t always a barrier. It can be a foundation for something better. And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth or risk crumbling under its weight.
Title: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Author(s): Leon Jennifer De, Elena Garnu
Publisher: Atheneum/ Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Barcode: 9781534438255
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/27/2021
