books_r_fun 's review for:

Don't Ask Me Where I'm from by Jennifer De Leon

4.0

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This was a good and relevant story. It really felt like growing up. The author did a good job at showing a point in time when you start to really see the world around you; when you transition from a kid who doesn't really see and understand things happening to growing up and having your whole perspective changed. The emotions and fear it creates. It was also felt like a real story of fear and immigration, but also hope and love and family. One of the major things that bothered me about this book was sometimes the slang was a little much. I understood the purpose of it was to really get Lili's voice across and to make it more real, I just think it could have been slightly less without impacting the feeling or the story dramatically. But I am not a teen so maybe teens would feel differently.