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My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
Contributor(s): Guerrero, Diane (Author), Moroz, Erica (Author)
ISBN: 125030878X     ISBN-13: 9781250308788
Publisher: Square Fish
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emigration & Immigration
Dewey: B
Lexile Measure: 730
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass.
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 195886
Reading Level: 5.4   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Diane Guerrero, the star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, presents her personal story in this middle-grade memoir about her parents' deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocumented immigrants and their American children.

Before landing a spot on the megahit Netflix show Orange is the New Black; before wow-ing audiences as Lina on Jane the Virgin; and before her incredible activism and work on immigration reform, Diane Guerrero was a young girl living in Boston. One day, while Guerrero was at school, her undocumented immigrant parents were taken from their home, detained, and deported. Guerrero's life, which had been full of the support of a loving family, was turned upside down.

Reflective of the experiences of millions of undocumented immigrant families in the United States, Guerrero's story in My Family Divided, written with Erica Moroz, is at once heartbreaking and hopeful.

Praise for My Family Divided:

This memoir's greatest strength is that it captures how life moves on even after a great loss. . .To read this book is to understand. . .how a child's resilience can be as heartbreaking as it is inspirational. --The New York Times Book Review

Eminently accessible. . . This is a timely reminder that none of us lives in a vacuum and that deportation affects more than just the deportee. --Kirkus Reviews

Contributor Bio(s): Guerrero, Diane: - Diane Guerrero is an actress on the hit shows Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin. She has written about her family in the Los Angeles Times and has appeared on CNN to discuss immigration issues. She also volunteers with the nonprofit Immigrant Legal Resource Center. She lives in New York City.Moroz, Erica: - Erica Moroz is the New York Times-bestselling co-author and ghostwriter of numerous young reader adaptations, including Enrique's Journey: Adapted for Young People by Sonia Nazario, Quiet Power: The Secret Strength of Introverted Kids by Susan Cain, and Just Mercy: Young Reader's Edition by Bryan Stevenson. She lives in New York.