My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope | 
pickIf Diane Guerrero hadn‘t made it big, the story of children of undocumented immigrants who are deported may have never been told. This is the middle grade version of her memoir and I wouldn‘t hesitate to recommend it for school and classroom libraries so children can be familiarized with the issues immigrant families face and so children of undocumented immigrants know they are not alone.
pickMy Family Divided by Diane Guerrero is a B/NF-LC/IR book about the authors life as an undocumented immigrant and the struggles she and her family had to face. Many may know the author from well-known series and it is important for students to realize that even famous people have had struggles in their lives. This book is an Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction nominee. #UCFLAE3414SP21
pickThis non-fiction book uses something that happened in her life and turned it into a book. She was highly qualified to write about deportation. She also uses different points of views such as hers, her parents, and grandparents.
I would use this as a silent reader in a second-third grade classroom. It is a small chapter book and has great information about what it's like to get your parents deported from the United States.
“My mother's parents clung to their hope.“
pickBecause this story is about her life I don‘t feel entitled to give this a star rating. However I do want to say that I loved this book! Full thoughts below ⬇️
pickA personal testimony of the damage that a deportation causes - trauma, financial and emotional strains, career sacrifices - while equipping with the resiliency, growth, hope, and fight for a better today/tomorrow.
"The more I learned about the world, the more complicated I realized it was. The way different cultures and people intersected and diverged was like an endlessly layered riddle."
pick“Listen, give people a chance to speak- especially ones whose voices are often ignored. Learn about immigrants experiences from immigrants themselves, not just the news or the internet.”
A perfect book for the times we are living in in the US
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