DON’T ASK ME WHERE I’M FROM

Liliana Cruz joins Boston’s METCO voluntary desegregation program and finds it difficult to belong. Racism intensifies at school while family secrets emerge. Following her father’s deportation, Liliana learns more about her family’s immigration story. She uses writing and activism to challenge racism and her own insecurities, deciding what she believes and how she will respond. The novel follows her efforts to find her place while facing these intertwined changes at home and school.