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We Are All We Have by Marina Budhos - ISBN: 9780593120200
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ICE tears family apart, forcing teen to fight for survival and future.

We Are All We Have

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 November 2022

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Summary

When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes. All of her hopes and dreams for the future have turned 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. 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 it’s 2019, and nothing is certain.

Now, along with her younger brother, Kamal, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593120200
ISBN-10:0593120205
Author:Marina Budhos
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 November 2022
Weight:391g
Dimensions:139mm 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

About The Author

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 with Marc Aronson)
  • Sugar Changed the World (coauthored with Marc Aronson)

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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