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Y Si Lo Logramos. Una Historia Nuyorican / When We Make It - by  Elisabet Velasquez (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Y Si Lo Logramos. Una Historia Nuyorican / When We Make It - by Elisabet Velasquez (Paperback)

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  • "La energía.
  • 432 Pages
  • Young Adult Fiction, Coming of Age

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Puertorriqueäna de primera generaciâon, Sarai es una adolescente preguntona, capaz de ver claramente el dolor, la verdad y la belleza del mundo que la rodea. Junto a su hermana Estrella, enfrentarâa los traumas familiares, el machismo y la falta de vivienda en un Brooklyn que se gentrifica râapidamente. Desde muy joven se cuestionarâa su identidad boricua, la sociedad en la que vive y la vida en general. Una vida que asume con determinaciâon y el corazâon abierto para aprender a celebrarse a sâi misma como nadie lo habâia hecho.



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"La energía. La claridad. La belleza. Elisabet Velasquez lo tiene todo... ¡Su voz es FUEGO!" --Jacqueline Woodson, autora best seller de The New York Times

Una inolvidable, torrencial y esperanzadora novela debut para adultos jóvenes escrita en verso y que redefine lo que significa "triunfar". Para los lectores de Nicholasa Mohr y Elizabeth Acevedo.

Algunos todavía no tienen el lenguaje, pero ya tienen su historia.

Puertorriqueña de primera generación, Sarai es una adolescente preguntona, capaz de ver claramente el dolor, la verdad y la belleza del mundo que la rodea. Junto a su hermana Estrella, enfrentará los traumas familiares, el machismo y la falta de vivienda en un Brooklyn que se gentrifica rápidamente. Desde muy joven se cuestionará su identidad boricua, la sociedad en la que vive y la vida en general. Una vida que asume con determinación y el corazón abierto para aprender a celebrarse a sí misma como nadie lo había hecho.

Y SI LO LOGRAMOS ES UNA CARTA DE AMOR A LOS QUE LES ENSEÑARON A CREER, ERRÓNEAMENTE, QUE JAMÁS PODRÍAN LOGRARLO.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"The energy. The clarity. The beauty. Elisabet Velasquez brings it all.... Her voice is FIRE!" --Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author

An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel in-verse that redefines what it means to "make it," for readers of Nicholasa Mohr and Elizabeth Acevedo.

Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader who can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment. Together with her older sister Estrella, she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. Sarai questions the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives with determination and an open heart, learning to celebrate herself in a way that she has been denied.

When We Make It is a love letter to anyone who was taught to believe that they would not make it. To those who feel their emotions before they can name them. To those who still may not have all the language, but they have their story. Velasquez' debut novel is sure to leave an indelible mark on all who read it.



About the Author



Elisabet Velasquez es una escritora boricua nacida en Bushwick, Brooklyn. Su trabajo ha aparecido en Muzzle Magazine, Winter Tangerine, Latina Magazine, We Are Mitú, Tidal y otros medios. Fue becaria de Poets House en 2017 y ganadora de Button Poetry Video Contest en el mismo año. Su trabajo ha aparecido en la antología de Martín Espada, What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump. Elisabet vive en Jersey City, Nueva Jersey. Y si lo logramos es su primera novela.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.95 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .74 Pounds
Suggested Age: 14 Years
Number of Pages: 432
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Sub-Genre: Coming of Age
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Format: Paperback
Author: Elisabet Velasquez
Language: Spanish
Street Date: October 18, 2022
TCIN: 85734370
UPC: 9781644736043
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-4485
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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