TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mickelson,Marcia Argueta
TI  - Where I belong
SN  - 9781541597976
AV  - PZ7.M581924 Whe 2021
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Carolrhoda Lab
KW  - Families
KW  - Texas
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Culturally authentic literature
KW  - Guatemala
KW  - Young adult book
KW  - Hispanic/Latino
KW  - Pura Belpré Award
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Guatemalan Americans
KW  - Dating (Social customs)
KW  - Politics, Practical
KW  - Family life
KW  - Fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - sears
KW  - Young adult works
KW  - Social problem fiction
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Ages 13-18; Carolrhoda Lab; Grades 10-12; Carolrhoda Lab
N2  - "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--; 2018. Guatemalan-American high school senior Milagros "Millie" Vargas has lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her parents sought asylum there when she was a baby. Now a citizen, Millie cares for her younger siblings while her mom works as a housekeeper for the wealthy Wheeler family. She is disturbed by what is happening to asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, but doesn't see herself as an activist or a change-maker. Then Mr. Wheeler, a U.S. Senate candidate, mentions Millie's achievements in a campaign speech about "deserving" immigrants, and her family is placed at the center of a statewide immigration debate. Millie must consider her place in the country that she believed was home. -- adapted from jacket
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