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Something in between, Melissa de la Cruz

Label
Something in between, Melissa de la Cruz
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
640L, Lexile
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Something in between
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
959965799
Responsibility statement
Melissa de la Cruz
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG+, 4.4, 16, 16, 186619
Summary
After learning of her family's illegal immigrant status, Jasmine realizes that college may be impossible and that deportation is a real threat, uncertainties she endures as she falls for the son of a congressman who opposes an immigration reform billJasmine de los Santos has studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. Then her parents reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. Royce Blakely is funny, caring and spontaneous-- and the son of a congressman opposing an immigration bill. And now he's something else she may lose as her world comes apart
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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