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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: | Ages 14+. Dial Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Dial Books for Young Readers. |
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| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Fiction. Juvenile works. Novels in verse. Novels in verse. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Public Library | YA VEL (Text) | 000163265 | Teen Corner -- Fiction | Available | - |
When We Make It
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Author Notes
When We Make It
Elisabet Velasquez is a Boricua writer born in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her work has been featured in Muzzle Magazine , Winter Tangerine , Latina Magazine , We Are Mito , Tidal and more. She is a 2017 Poets House fellow and the 2017 winner of the Button Poetry Video Contest. Her work is featured in Martin Espada's anthology What Saves Us- Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump . Elisabet lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, and When We Make It is her debut novel.
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