Bøger af Ashley Hope Pérez

Another day finished, gracias a Dios. Seventeen-year-old Marisas mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember. Her parents came to Houston from Mexico. They work hard, and they expect Marisa to help her familia . An ordinary lifemarrying a neighborhood guy, working, having babiesought to be good enough for her. Marisa hears something else from her calc teacher. She should study harder, ace the AP test, and get into engineering school in Austin. Some days, it all seems possible. On others, shes not even sure what she wants. When her life at home becomes unbearable, Marisa seeks comfort elsewhereand suddenly neither her best friend nor boyfriend can get through to her. Caught between the expectations of two different worlds, Marisa isnt sure what she wantsother than a life where she doesnt end each day thanking God its over. But some things just cant wait

Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas, in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who's Mexican, and Wash, who's black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.

A dangerous forbidden romance rocks a Texan oil town in 1937, when segregation was a matter of life and death.A Printz Honor Book"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, TX. 1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive.Naomi and Wash dare to defy the rules, and the New London school explosion serves as a ticking time bomb in the background. Can their love survive both prejudice and tragedy? Race, romance, and family converge in this riveting novel that transplants Romeo and Juliet to a bitterly segregated Texas town. Includes a fascinating author's note detailing the process of research and writing about voices that have largely been excluded from historical accounts.A Printz Honor BookA Booklist 50 Best YA Books of All Time SelectionA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA School Library Journal Best BookWinner of the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Argues for Ocampo's multifaceted development of ambiguity in various media and genres on the levels of language, plot and gender.