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Revision as of 14:59, 3 December 2020

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Cover of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon
Author(s) Jennifer De Leon
Published August 18, 2020
Genre(s) Contemporary Fiction
Age group Young Adult


Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon is a young adult contemporary novel, originally published on August 18, 2020.

Trigger Warnings

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  • Bullying
  • Classism
  • Deportation
  • Depression
    A character's parent goes through severe stages of depression, refusing to take care of her children properly
  • Domestic abuse
    A character's father and grandmother is physical abusive.
  • Racism
    Recurring theme throughout. There are several microaggressions throughout the book and at one point a riot breaks out at an assembly which includes physical attacks and chanting of phrases like "white lives matter"
  • Sexism

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Afro-Latina (first-generation American) main character
  • Salvadoran
  • Guatemalan
  • Black
  • Colombian
  • Dominican

Tropes

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