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At a glance

Published
2021
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

When We Make It

Elisabet Velasquez

Puerto Rican teen Sarai navigates poverty, her mother's mental illness and gentrification in Brooklyn.

  • YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2022
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Themes

Poverty & classMental healthCultural heritage

Mood

Feels challenging, emotional.

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