Author: Julia AlvarezPublish Date: 2002About Young Adult Book: Before We Were Free is a young adult book that tells the story of Anita de la Torre, who grew up in the Dominican Republic during the 1960s. Anita faced many struggles during her adolescence, including living away from most of...
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Starring:Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen, Lucille Soong, Chelsey Crisp, and Ray Wise Why it makes the list:The show follows an Asian-American family, making it the first show to do so since 1994 (which is just bonkers on its own). Jessica Huang (Wu)...
19. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Buy on Amazon Add to library Based on Jacqueline Woodson’s own life, Brown Girl Dreaming is a heartfelt poetry collection detailing what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and ‘70s: post-Jim Crow, and during the bu...
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Ahmad Ali Lewis (born October 12, 1975), simply known as Ahmad (often stylized AHMAD), is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, motivational speaker and author from Los Angeles, California. He is perhaps best known for the 1994 single "Back in the Day," a nostalgic song that...
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14. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez Buy on Amazon Add to library How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents follows the lives of four sisters in reverse chronological order. Forced to flee the Dominican Republic for America, and adjust to a lifestyle far less comfortable...