What Can(t) Wait by Pérez, Ashley Hope

What Can(t) Wait

"Another day finished, gracias a Dios." Seventeen-year-old Marisa's mother has been saying this for as long as...
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Author: Ashley Hope Pérez
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What Can(t) Wait by Pérez, Ashley Hope

What Can(t) Wait

$26.40

What Can(t) Wait

$26.40
Author: Ashley Hope Pérez
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Another day finished, gracias a Dios."

Seventeen-year-old Marisa's mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember. Her parents came to Houston from Mexico. They work hard, and they expect Marisa to help her familia. An ordinary life--marrying a neighborhood guy, working, having babies--ought to be good enough for her.

Marisa hears something else from her calc teacher. She should study harder, ace the AP test, and get into engineering school in Austin. Some days, it all seems possible. On others, she's not even sure what she wants.

When her life at home becomes unbearable, Marisa seeks comfort elsewhere--and suddenly neither her best friend nor boyfriend can get through to her. Caught between the expectations of two different worlds, Marisa isn't sure what she wants--other than a life where she doesn't end each day thanking God it's over.

But some things just can't wait...



Author: Ashley Hope Pérez
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
Published: 10/01/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780761384991
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 141663 / What Can(t) Wait


Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee

About the Author
Pérez, Ashley Hope: - Ashley Hope Pérez is the author of the YA novels Out of Darkness (Carolrhoda Lab, 2015), The Knife and the Butterfly (Carolrhoda Lab, 2012), and What Can't Wait (Carolrhoda Lab, 2011). Her debut novel What Can't Wait won a spot on the 2012 YALSA Best Fiction for YA list, and The Knife and the Butterfly was included in the 2015 YALSA Popular Paperbacks list. Ashley grew up in Texas and taught high school in Houston before pursuing a PhD in comparative literature. She is now a visiting assistant professor of comparative studies at The Ohio State University and spends most of her time reading, writing, and teaching on topics from global youth narratives to Latin American and Latina/o fiction. She lives in Ohio with her husband, Arnulfo, and their son, Liam Miguel. Visit her online at http: //www.ashleyperez.com/.

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