We Are All We Have
2019.
Brooklyn.
A time of ICE Raids. Family Separations. Family Secrets.
A boy.
And a girl who just wants to be free.
“A triumphant tale about finding home.”–Kirkus Reviews, ★ Starred Review
“Budhos weaves a rich tapestry of words that navigates a yearning for acceptance, love, and the unerring need for freedom.”–Booklist, ★ Starred Review
“Budhos aptly conveys how the draconian U.S. immigration policies instituted in 2018 cruelly separated children from their families, and incorporates references to iconic art and poetry to reflect on the loss of home, on love, and on family. “–The Horn Book
“Gut-wrenching.”–Publisher’s Weekly
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I grew up in Queens, NY, in Parkway Village, a community built for U.N. families, and a haven for international, mixed, and American families during the ferment of civil rights and social change. Over the years I’ve come to understand that this sense of crossing–over, of mixture, permeates my way of seeing the world. And it drives my writing too. I am an adult author who crossed over into young adult; a fiction writer who frequently crosses over into nonfiction; and a writer who loves to create worlds that capture these cultural complexities.
I have written books about immigrant and undocumented teenagers, surveillance, mixed race girls during school integration, a coming of age journey laced with philosophy and folklore, a love story set against a political struggle, the birth of modern photography, and the history of sugar. Who knows what’s next in crossing over?
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