{"id":47506,"date":"2020-12-04T11:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47506"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:34:44","slug":"we-are-not-from-here-by-jenny-torres-sanchez-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/we-are-not-from-here-by-jenny-torres-sanchez-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47330\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/We-Are-Not-from-Here-Jenny-Torres-Sanchez-BookDragon-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/We-Are-Not-from-Here-Jenny-Torres-Sanchez-BookDragon-530x800.jpg 530w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/We-Are-Not-from-Here-Jenny-Torres-Sanchez-BookDragon.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/>Jenny Torres Sanchez\u2019s latest doesn\u2019t let up \u2013 beatings, rape, murder, and still more violence looms. Marisa Blake may be a relative newbie narrator, but her thoroughly bilingual ability ensures a fluent, heart-thumping listen following three teens on the run from their gang-controlled Guatemalan village through Mexico to the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen-year-old Pulga and 13-year-old Chico \u2013 made brothers two years ago by choice and tragedy \u2013 are in the back of Don Felicio\u2019s store when they hear the brutal slaughter of the kind old man. They know Rey is involved, the same Rey who raped and now demands to marry Pulga\u2019s 17-year-old cousin Peque\u00f1a, who\u2019s just been forced to have Rey\u2019s baby.<\/p>\n<p>Abandoning everything familiar \u2013 and everyone beloved \u2013 the trio\u2019s only hope of survival is to risk the most treacherous journey toward an uncertain future. As Pulga and Peque\u00f1a alternate chapters, Blake doesn\u2019t quite keep up with distinguishing her characters. While she is consistently energetic and exacting, a dual narration would certainly have resulted in a more robust production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/We-Are-Not-from-Here-\/pid=9738394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenny Torres Sanchez\u2019s latest doesn\u2019t let up \u2013 beatings, rape, murder, and still more violence looms. 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