Tell Us We're Home by Marina Budhos
Jaya, Maria, and Lola are just like the other eighth-grade girls in the wealthy suburb of Meadowbrook, New Jersey. They want to go to the spring dance, they love spending time with their best friends after school, sharing frapp s and complaining about the other kids. But there's one big difference: all three are daughters of maids and nannies. And they go to school with the very same kids whose families their mothers work for. That difference grows even bigger--and more painful--when Jaya's mother is accused of theft and Jaya's small, fragile world collapses. When tensions about immigrants start to erupt, fracturing this perfect, serene suburb, all three girls are tested, as outsiders--and as friends. Each of them must learn to find a place for themselves in a town that barely notices they exist. Marina Budhos gives us a heartbreaking and eye-opening story of friendship, belonging, and finding the way home.Marina Budhos is a multi-award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction. Tell Us We're Home and Ask Me No Questions are two of her young adult works. Remix: Talks with Immigrant Teens and Sugar Changed the World, which she co-wrote with her husband, Marc Aronson, are two of her nonfiction books. She's won an Extraordinary Merit Media Award (EMMA), a Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers, and two New Jersey Council on the Arts scholarships. She is an associate professor of English at William Paterson University and a Fulbright Scholar to India.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781442421288 |
| ISBN 10 | 1442421282 |
| Title | Tell Us We're Home |
| Author | Marina Budhos |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2011-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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