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When we make it / Elisabet Velasquez.

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

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
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.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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

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