{"id":50862,"date":"2024-02-12T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=50862"},"modified":"2024-01-29T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:35:56","slug":"we-are-not-from-here-by-jenny-torres-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/we-are-not-from-here-by-jenny-torres-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cBecause the world doesn’t care how much pain you are in, or what terrible thing has happened to you. It continues. Morning comes, whether you want it to or not.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2015 Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

I haven’t read a quote that epitomizes a book quite as well as the above quote does for Jenny Torres Sanchez’s newest young adult fiction title,\u00a0We Are Not From Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Pulga, Chico, and Peque\u00f1a don’t have much, but they have each other. The small town where they have grown up isn’t the best town, but they know what they are up against. When danger comes at the three, alone they are lost, but together they realize that the only option they have left is to run. The threats come right to their doors leaving them with no other option: they have to leave their families and their country. In a desperate bid to survive, Pulga, Chico, and Peque\u00f1a cross from Guatemala through Mexico along the route of La Bestia, surfing atop this deadly freight train that will deliver them to the United States if they are lucky enough to stay alive. All they have are each other, the bags on their backs, and the need to have a better life. Outrunning the darkness chasing them will be the hardest thing these three do in their lives.<\/p>\n

This book is a painfully relevant and devastating read. It shook me to the core, yet had me unable to put the book down. Jenny Torres Sanchez discusses the lives of migrants at the United States southern border with vivid realism, not shying away from the devastating and deadly realities that many immigrant families face. She is brutally honest while telling this incredibly timely story.<\/p>\n

This title is also available as a CD Audiobook<\/a> and in Spanish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want to talk about We Are Not From Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0with others? Join\u00a0See YA<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong>\u00a0See YA<\/strong><\/a> is our adult book club with a teen book twist. See why so many teen books are being turned into movies and are taking over the best seller lists. Registration is not required. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Eastern Avenue library. We meet the first Wednesday of the month at Eastern at 6:30pm.\u00a0 Our next four months of books are listed below:<\/p>\n

March 6 – We Are Not From Here<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Jenny Torres Sanchez<\/p>\n

April 3 – The Cost of Knowing<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Brittney Morris<\/p>\n

May 1 – Juliet Takes a Breath<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Gabby Rivera<\/p>\n

June 5 – The Chaos of Stars<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Kiersten White<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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