A review by smalltownbookmom
When You Ask Me Where I'm Going by Jasmin Kaur

4.0

Really powerful, moving YA #ownvoices novel in verse by a Canadian poet. The book features a South Asian daughter sent to America to get a better education but who suffers a deep trauma before she even leaves and has the trajectory of her whole life upended. Fast forward to when her daughter is a teenager and we get her perspective living as a child of an immigrant and dealing with anti-Asian racism in America. Highly recommend especially for fans of Rupi Kaur or Elizabeth Acevedo! I'm looking forward to reading her latest book soon.

Favorite lines:
"My skin was a siren that was always too loud."

TW: rape, anti-Asian racism