What Can't WaitBy Ashley Hope Perez
Carolrhoda LAB, 2011. 234 pgs. Young Adult
Marisa Moreno has dreams bigger than her Mexican-American family can imagine. Her father insists she work to help pay the bills and cook him meals and her sister is always asking Marisa to babysit her daughter. Marisa understands that doing well in high school will get her to college, but no one else in the family appreciates that fact. As Marisa’s senior year passes, she faces several events and mistakes that will challenge her commitment to college, even forcing her to wonder if she is doing the right thing. Marisa comes from a completely different background than many and the differences may surprise the reader. Her attitudes and actions are completely understandable and her growth as a character is believable in this gritty, realistic, and unflinching look at one girl’s path to her dreams.
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