A review by evamadera1
Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins

4.5

I really liked this exploration of so many things from grief due to loss of a parent, finding one's place as an immigrant, the fight over preservation versus gentrification as well as finding one's own voice. In this coming of age novel, Pandita goes through all of the above started by the loss of a special place she shared with her mother because of the sale and possible redevelopment of the property across the street. This showed the tension between the future of Silicon Valley and its current high cost of living and the possibility of affordable housing complete with the unfortunate racist baggage that often comes with it by way of other people's responses.