When We Make It
Elisabet Velasquez
Teenage Sarai lives with her mother and older sister, Estrella, in 1990s Bushwick. Proud of her Puerto Rican identity, Sarai also wonders about belonging when she has never been to the island. As the family faces trauma, housing insecurity, and a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, the sisters’ love and support for each other remain important. When they find an apartment they can keep for a while, it is in a deteriorating building where drug dealing is a daily presence.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
