When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel

"The energy. The clarity. The beauty. Elisabet Velasquez brings it all. . . . Her voice is...
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Author: Elisabet Velasquez
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Language: English
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When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel by Velasquez, Elisabet

When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel

$96.78

When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel

$96.78
Author: Elisabet Velasquez
Format: Library Binding
Language: English
"The energy. The clarity. The beauty. Elisabet Velasquez brings it all. . . . Her voice is FIRE!"--NYT bestselling and award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson

An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse that redefines what it means to "make it," for readers of Nicholasa Mohr and Elizabeth Acevedo.

Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican question asker who 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. Sarai questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, learning to celebrate herself in a way that she has long been denied.

When We Make It is a love letter to anyone who was taught to believe that they would not make it. To those who feel their emotions before they can name them. To those who still may not have all the language but they have their story. Velasquez' debut novel is sure to leave an indelible mark on all who read it.

Author: Elisabet Velasquez
Publisher: Youth Large Print
Published: 04/10/2024
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9798885797375
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 517117 / When We Make It

About the Author
Elisabet Velasquez is a Boricua writer born in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her work is featured in Muzzle Magazine, Winter Tangerine, Centro Voces, Latina Magazine, Longreads, We Are Mitú, Tidal, and Martín Espada's anthology What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump. When We Make It is her debut novel. Elisabet lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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