Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader who 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. Sarai questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, learning to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied.
When We Make It is a love letter to anyone who was taught to believe that they would not make it. To those who feel their emotions before they can name them. To those who still may not have all the language but they have their story. Velasquez' debut novel is sure to leave an indelible mark on all who read it.
| ISBN: | 9780593324486 |
| Publication date: | 21st September 2021 |
| Author: | Elisabet Velasquez |
| Publisher: | Dial Books for Young Readers,US an imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 375 pages |
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
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Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader who 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. Sarai questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, learning to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied.
When We Make It is a love letter to anyone who was taught to believe that they would not make it. To those who feel their emotions before they can name them. To those who still may not have all the language but they have their story. Velasquez' debut novel is sure to leave an indelible mark on all who read it.
When We Make It features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Poetry, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Fiction: narrative themes, Fiction
When We Make It is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
When We Make It was written by Elisabet Velasquez and published by Dial Books for Young Readers,US an imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc
When We Make It has 375 pages
