Don't Ask Me Where I'm From - Jennifer De Leon 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Reading age : 14 years and up
Lexile measure : HL590L
Grade level : 9 - 12
Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (August 18, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1534438246
ISBN-13 : 978-1534438248
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From Hardcover – August 18, 2020
by Jennifer De Leon (Author), Elena Garnu (Illustrator)
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Ask-Me-Where-Im/dp/1534438246
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Product details
Reading age : 14 years and up
Lexile measure : HL590L
Grade level : 9 - 12
Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (August 18, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1534438246
ISBN-13 : 978-1534438248
“A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story.” —Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhere
“Written with humor and grace, with intimacy and empathy, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From is the perfect coming of age novel for our time.” —Matt Mendez, author of Barely Missing Everything and Twitching Heart
First-generation American LatinX 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.
About the Author
Jennifer De Leon is an author, editor, speaker, and creative writing professor who lives outside of Boston. She is the editor of Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, the 2015–2016 Writer-in-Residence at the Boston Public Library, and a 2016–2017 City of Boston Artist-in-Residence. She is also the second recipient of the We Need Diverse Books grant. Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From is her debut novel.
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