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Cargando... Where I Belongpor Marcia Argueta Mickelson
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A beautifully written YA book about a teen immigrant, taking place during 2018 & the height of the asylum-seekers at the Mexican border and how her life takes a turn when she is thrown into the spotlight of the fight for immigrant rights. The author focuses on Millie’s internal conflict of staying with her family and continuing to help her mother or leaving for college 1500 miles & also starting a relationship with the son of an up and coming candidate for senator. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: A Pura Belpré Honor Book An immigrant teen fights for her family, her future, and the place she calls home. In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros "Millie" Vargas knows her life is about to change. She has lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, ever since her parents sought asylum there when she was a baby. Now a citizen, Millie devotes herself to school and caring for her younger siblings while her mom works as a housekeeper for the wealthy Wheeler family. With college on the horizon, Millie is torn between attending her dream school and staying close to home, where she knows she's needed. She is disturbed by what's happening to asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, but she doesn't see herself as an activist or a change-maker. She's just trying to take care of her own family. Then Mr. Wheeler, a U.S. Senate candidate, mentions Millie's achievements in a campaign speech about "deserving" immigrants. It doesn't take long for people to identify Millie's family and place them at the center of a statewide immigration debate. Faced with journalists, trolls, anonymous threats, and the Wheelers' good intentionsâ??especially those of Mr. Wheeler's son, Charlieâ??Millie must confront the complexity of her past, the uncertainty of her future, and her place in the country that she believed was ho No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This book is about a teenage girl named Millie who grapples with her identity as an immigrant and deals with backlash from those against immigration after speaking about her experience on television.
This book is useful in showing students a story outside of their typical worldview.