02305cam a2200397 i 4500 626061550 TxAuBib 20211019120000.0 210803s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021029630 9780593324486 hardcover 059332448X hardcover (OCoLC)1229026970 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda rda DLC MJ8 rda DLC OCLCO UKMGB FMG OCLCO OQX ILC ORX OCLCO VP@ IHV OCLCF CLU TXAAL TxAuBib MJ8 OCLCO UKMGB FMG OCLCO OQX ILC ORX OCLCO VP@ IHV OCLCF CLU TXAAL TxAuBib rda Velasquez, Elisabet. When we make it. When we make it / Elisabet Velasquez. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021. 375 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives. A first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader, Sarai 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. As she questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, Sarai learns to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied. -- adapted from Goodreads info. Ages 14+. Dial Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Dial Books for Young Readers. HL830L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.4 5 517117. 20211019. Families Juvenile fiction. Puerto Ricans Juvenile fiction. Sisters Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y) Fiction. Novels in verse. Fiction. TXAAL