 | Running Author: Sylvester, Natalia | |
| Price: $9.01 | ||
Summary:
When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: UG Reading Level: 5.10 Points: 12.0 Quiz: 509939 |
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 03/15/2020 *Starred Review* Mari Ruiz has played the role of the senator's well-behaved daughter throughout her father's political career in Miami: no drama, just smiles. But since he announced his run for president, the media is zooming in close on Mari in particular, making privacy a thing of the past. At the same time, her best friend and her friend's mom abruptly find themselves forced out of their home, contaminated water is making people in Florida sick, and a student activism group at her high school is gathering steam. As Mari learns more about her father's policies, she finds that he's the common link and that doing what's right might mean going against his campaign. Sylvester's YA debut embodies the theme of our decade: to stand up and speak up for what we believe in. A real 2018 Florida bill inspired the protest that ultimately ensues in the book, heightening the urgency of the matter and coloring the truth behind the details. Mari's obliviousness to her father's position and lack of curiosity about her mother's past are offset by the gradual unraveling of the lives around her and her determination to finally seek answers by surrendering her assumptions. Sylvester expertly puts readers inside the pressured lives of a family in politics and reaffirms the adage that indeed, knowledge is power. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.
Booklist - 03/15/2020 *Starred Review* Mari Ruiz has played the role of the senator's well-behaved daughter throughout her father's political career in Miami: no drama, just smiles. But since he announced his run for president, the media is zooming in close on Mari in particular, making privacy a thing of the past. At the same time, her best friend and her friend's mom abruptly find themselves forced out of their home, contaminated water is making people in Florida sick, and a student activism group at her high school is gathering steam. As Mari learns more about her father's policies, she finds that he's the common link and that doing what's right might mean going against his campaign. Sylvester's YA debut embodies the theme of our decade: to stand up and speak up for what we believe in. A real 2018 Florida bill inspired the protest that ultimately ensues in the book, heightening the urgency of the matter and coloring the truth behind the details. Mari's obliviousness to her father's position and lack of curiosity about her mother's past are offset by the gradual unraveling of the lives around her and her determination to finally seek answers by surrendering her assumptions. Sylvester expertly puts readers inside the pressured lives of a family in politics and reaffirms the adage that indeed, knowledge is power. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.
