We Are All We Have
$23.83
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2024
Summary
When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes—all of her hopes and dreams for the future turn into survival.
Seventeen-year-old Rania is shaken awake in her family’s apartment in Brooklyn. ICE is at the door, taking her mother away. But Ammi has done everything right, hasn’t she? Their asylum case is fine.
This was supposed to be Rania’s greatest summer: hanging out with her best friend, Fatima, and getting ready for college in the fall.
But now,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593120231 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 059312023X |
| Author: | Marina Budhos |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
★ “A triumphant tale about finding home.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “Budhos weaves a rich tapestry of words that navigates a yearning for acceptance, love, and the unerring need for freedom.” —Booklist, starred review
“The tightly wound plot creates an underlying tension as the young characters’ situations constantly unravel.” —The Horn Book
”[A] hopeful tale with a large cast of kind-hearted characters, whose boundless compassion for Rania and Kamal, and sense of helplessness in the face of an unfair and impossible government system, is palpable.” —Publishers Weekly
Marina Budhos
MARINA BUDHOS is the author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction.
Her novels for young people include:
- The Long Ride
- Watched
- Tell Us We’re Home
- Ask Me No Questions
Her nonfiction books include:
- Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers
- Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & the Invention of Modern Photojournalism (coauthored)
- Sugar Changed the World (coauthored)
Budhos has received an NEA Fellowship in Creative Writing and has been a Fulbright Scholar to India. She was a professor of English at William Paterson University.
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