Andreu captures Ana’s cultural and linguistic roller coaster with eloquence and precision, as Ana wonders “if learning one language doesn’t sometimes mean forgetting a little bit of another,” a process described as bittersweetly as coming-of-age itself. But as a budding poet (her journals punctuate the chapters), Ana’s real love affair is with language itself. Refreshingly, Ana is torn between two guys who are both fundamentally kind, though the school has its share of build-the-wall bullies.

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional fast-paced. buns? And sausage?”-but she soon befriends Altagracia, a gay Dominican American girl with influencer aspirations Neo, a sweet kid from Greece and Harrison, a friendly, WASPy local in need of math tutoring. 336 pages first pub 2021 ISBN/UID: 9780062996510. The transition results in awkward moments for the teen-as when she announces in the cafeteria “I like the. When 16-year-old narrator Ana moves with her family from Argentina to a New Jersey suburb, English feels like a “troll that won’t let me do anything until I pay him a price I can’t cover,” despite the fact that she studied the language growing up. (Feb.The teen love triangle at the center of this warm and humorous novel by Andreu ( The Secret Side of Empty) is threaded with experiences that accompany acclimation to a new school and country. Refreshingly, Ana is torn between two guys who are both fundamentally kind, though the school has its share of build-the-wall bullies. Sixteen-year-old Ana has just moved to New Jersey from Argentina for her Junior year of high school.

buns? And sausage?”-but she soon befriends Altagracia, a gay Dominican American girl with influencer aspirations Neo, a sweet kid from Greece and Harrison, a friendly, WASPy local in need of math tutoring.

Except that since she moved to New Jersey from Argentina, she can barely find the words to express how she feels. Sixteen-year-old Ana is a poet and a lover of language. The teen love triangle at the center of this warm and humorous novel by Andreu ( The Secret Side of Empty) is threaded with experiences that accompany acclimation to a new school and country. A fresh, breakout YA novel that is layered with themes of immigration, cultural identity, and finding your voice in any language.

Love in English by Maria E. Andreu