{"product_id":"tell-us-were-home-hardcover","title":"Tell Us We're Home - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarina Budhos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaya, Maria, and Lola are just like the other eighth-grade girls in the wealthy suburb of Meadowbrook, New Jersey. They want to go to the spring dance, they love spending time with their best friends after school, sharing frapp s and complaining about the other kids. But there's one big difference: all three are daughters of maids and nannies. And they go to school with the very same kids whose families their mothers work for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat difference grows even bigger--and more painful--when Jaya's mother is accused of theft and Jaya's small, fragile world collapses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen tensions about immigrants start to erupt, fracturing this perfect, serene suburb, all three girls are tested, as outsiders--and as friends. Each of them must learn to find a place for themselves in a town that barely notices they exist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarina Budhos gives us a heartbreaking and eye-opening story of friendship, belonging, and finding the way home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarina Budhos is an author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction. Her novel \u003ci\u003eWatched\u003c\/i\u003e received an Asian\/Pacific American Award for Literature YA Honor and a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eTell Us We're Home\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2017 Essex County YA Pick; \u003ci\u003eAsk Me No Questions\u003c\/i\u003e, a recipient of the James Cook Teen Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Professor of Light\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHouse of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e; and the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eRemix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers\u003c\/i\u003e. With her husband Marc Aronson, she is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2010\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award Finalist. Budhos has been a Fulbright Scholar to India, received two Fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, and is a professor of English at William Paterson University. You can visit her online at MarinaBudhos.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.54 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tell Us We're Home\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47529797746909,"sku":"9781416903529","price":19.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/AefvsqrZbH9781416903529.webp?v=1772414178","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/tell-us-were-home-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}