When we make it / Elisabet Velasquez.
Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.
A first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader, Sarai can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment. Together with her older sister Estrella she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. As she questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, Sarai learns to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied. -- adapted from Goodreads info
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593324486
- ISBN: 059332448X
- Physical Description: 375 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | HL830L Lexile Ages 14+. Dial Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Dial Books for Young Readers. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader UG 4.4 5 5 517117 |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Young adult fiction. Sisters > Juvenile fiction. Novels in verse. Families > Juvenile fiction. Puerto Ricans > Juvenile fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Young adult fiction. Novels in verse. |
Available copies
- 14 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Altoona Area Public Library | YA VEL (Text) | 33240004952704 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Boyertown Community Library | YA VEL (Text) | 33249024822458 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | YA VEL (Text) | 91083229 | GFWM Robinson Room | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Teens VEL Fiction (Text) | 34007002455264 | Teen Area | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Young Adult Fiction Velasquez (Text) | 39427103657581 | Young Adult Room: Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | YA VEL (Text) | 33400001543100 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Teens VEL Overcoming Odds (Text) | 33454005859038 | Teen Area | Available | - |
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | Y FIC VEL WHE 2021 (Text) | 31001101834068 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
Milton Public Library | YA VEL (Text) | 33226001096553 | MLTM YA Fiction | Available | - |
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library | YOUNG ADULT VELASQU (Text) | 50686016112364 | Main Floor | Available | - |
Summary:
Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.
A first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader, Sarai can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment. Together with her older sister Estrella she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. As she questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, Sarai learns to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied. -- adapted from Goodreads info
A first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader, Sarai can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment. Together with her older sister Estrella she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. As she questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, Sarai learns to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied. -- adapted from Goodreads info