Bibliograph

Don't ask me where I'm from, Jennifer De Leon

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Don't ask me where I'm from, Jennifer De Leon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 14 up, Atheneum Books for Young Readers

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 10-12, Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Don't ask me where I'm from

Oclc number

1120784055

Responsibility statement

Jennifer De Leon

Summary

"Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school, but when family secrets come out and racism at school gets worse than ever, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand"--, Provided by publisherIt's fine that Lilliana's best friend, Jade, is all caught up in her new boyfriend lately. It's fine that her inner-city high school is disorganized and underfunded. It's fine that her father took off again, and she's left with her increasingly crazy mom, her heathen little brothers. But it turns out before he left, he signed Liliana up for a school desegregation program called METCO. At Westburg, Liliana-- half-Guatemalan and half-Salvadorian-- must struggle with being a minority. The only way to survive is to whiten up. When she discovers the truth about her father-- he's undocumented and he's been deported back to Guatemala-- nothing is fine. And Lili is done changing who she is, denying her culture and where she came from. -- adapted from jacket and Goodreads info

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Do not ask me where I am from

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