{"title":"Jennifer de Leon","description":"Jennifer De Leon is an author, editor, speaker, and creative writing professor who lives outside of Boston. She is the editor of Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, the 2015-2016 Writer-in-Residence at the Boston Public Library, and a 2016-2017 City of Boston Artist-in-Residence. She is also the second recipient of the We Need Diverse Books grant. She is the author of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From and Borderless.","products":[{"product_id":"dont-ask-me-where-im-from-paperback","title":"Don't Ask Me Where I'm from - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story.\" --Celeste Ng, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiliana Cruz is a hitting a wall--or rather, walls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana's dad left--again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd there's the wall Liliana creates within herself, because to survive at Westburg, she can't just lighten up, she has to \u003ci\u003ewhiten\u003c\/i\u003e up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo 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 when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch, the walls that divide feel insurmountable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut a wall isn't always a barrier. It can be a foundation for something better. And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth, or risk crumbling under its weight.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488330879199,"sku":"9781534438255","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aisvREF6bUN2MlM0ckp2dkxJRmlUQT09.webp?v=1782432280"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jennifer-de-leon.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}