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We Are All We Have
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  • Published: 15 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593120200
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00

We Are All We Have

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Paperback
10 Sept 2024
EBook
25 Oct 2022
Audiobook
25 Oct 2022
Hardback
15 Nov 2022
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When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes—all of her hopes and dreams for the future have turned into survival.

When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes—all of her hopes and dreams for the future have turned into survival.

Seventeen-year-old Rania is shaken awake in her family's apartment in Brooklyn. ICE is at the door, taking her mother away. But Ammi has
This was supposed to be Rania’s greatest summer: hanging out with her best friend, Fatima, and getting ready for college in the fall.

But it’s 2019, and nothing is certain.

Now, along with her younger brother, Kamal, and a new friend, Carlos, Rania must figure out how to survive. A road trip leads to searching for answers to questions she didn’t even think to ask.

In this vivid exploration of what happens when the country you have put your hopes into is fast shutting down, award-winning author Marina Budhos shows us how one girl bursting with dreams navigates secrets, love, and the lure of the open road.
  • Published: 15 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593120200
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for We Are All We Have

Praise for Watched:

  • Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book 
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book
  • A Notable Book for a Global Society (NBGS)
  • CCBC Choices Award Selection for Young Adult Fiction
  • YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults
  • YALSA Quick Pick 

 “Budhos perfectly captures the gritty details of daily life in a Queens neighborhood, as well as the nuances of different immigrant groups.” —SLJ, Starred review

Praise for Watched:

  • Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book 
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book
  • A Notable Book for a Global Society (NBGS)
  • CCBC Choices Award Selection for Young Adult Fiction
  • YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults
  • YALSA Quick Pick 

 “Budhos perfectly captures the gritty details of daily life in a Queens neighborhood, as well as the nuances of different immigrant groups.” —SLJ, Starred review