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We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
182 pp.
| Candlewick |
January, 2019 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7884-5$19.99
(2)
YA
The Trump administration's 2017 repeal of DACA put photojournalist Kuklin and this work-in-progress in an awkward place: would she be exposing her nine interviewees, undocumented all, to possible arrest and deportation? The book was postponed, photographs of the subjects removed, and names replaced by first initials. Kuklin includes an array of circumstances that may broaden readers' understanding, conveying the difficult choices undocumented immigrants face at every step of their journeys. Reading list, timeline, websites. Ind.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2019