![]() With truly no options remaining, Marisol jumps at an unusual opportunity to stay in the United States. If she had never fallen for the charms of a beautiful girl named Liliana, Pablo might still be alive, her mother wouldn’t be in hiding and she and Gabi wouldn’t have been caught crossing the border.īut they have been caught and their asylum request will most certainly be denied. She never pictured stealing across the US border from El Salvador as “an illegal”, fleeing for her life, but after her brother is murdered and her younger sister, Gabi’s, life is placed in equal jeopardy, she has no choice, especially because she knows everything is her fault. When she pictured an American life for herself, she dreamed of a life like Aimee and Amber’s, the title characters of her favorite American TV show. N elderly expat who had employed Marisol’s mother as a maid. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. ![]() Latinx Heritage Month (aka National Hispanic Heritage Month) runs from today through October 15th, and we’re celebrating with some books by Latinx authors and starring queer Latinx main characters! Books to Buy Now The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante ![]()
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