{"product_id":"dont-ask-me-where-im-from-9781534478992","title":"Don't Ask Me Where I'm From","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFirst-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiliana Cruz is a hitting a wall--or rather, walls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana's dad left--again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere's the wall that delineates Liliana's diverse inner-city Boston neighborhood from Westburg, the wealthy--and white--suburban high school she's just been accepted into.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd there's the wall Liliana creates within herself, because to survive at Westburg, she can't just lighten up, she has to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewhiten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what if she changes her name? So what if she changes the way she talks? So what if she's seeing her neighborhood in a different way? But then light is shed on some hard truths: It isn't that her father doesn't want to come home--he can't...and her whole family is in jeopardy. And when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch, the walls that divide feel insurmountable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut a wall isn't always a barrier. It can be a foundation for something better. And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth, or risk crumbling under its weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42869550088398,"sku":"9781534478992","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781534478992_1_08ad4a61-1927-4890-9b6d-35babc649e36.jpg?v=1735800823","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/dont-ask-me-where-im-from-9781534478992","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}