"A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story." --Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires EveryWhere First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school.
And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth, or risk crumbling under its weight..
It can be a foundation for something better.
But a wall isn\'t always a barrier.
And when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch, the walls that divide feel insurmountable.
So what if she changes her name? So what if she changes the way she talks? So what if she\'s seeing her neighborhood in a different way? But then light is shed on some hard truths: It isn\'t that her father doesn\'t want to come home--he can\'t...and her whole family is in jeopardy.
And there\'s the wall Liliana creates within herself, because to survive at Westburg, she can\'t just lighten up, she has to whiten up.
There\'s the wall that delineates Liliana\'s diverse inner-city Boston neighborhood from Westburg, the wealthy--and white--suburban high school she\'s just been accepted into.
There\'s the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana\'s dad left--again.
Liliana Cruz is a hitting a wall--or rather, walls.
But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand. "A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story." --Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires EveryWhere First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school
