What Can't Wait (Carolrhoda YA)

By Ashley Hope Pérez

Book Overview

Marissa has smarts and plenty of promise, but she's marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college. When her home life becomes unbearable, Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere--and suddenly neither her best friend or boyfriend can get through to her. What Can't Wait tells the story of one girl's survival in a world in which family trumps individual success and independence, and self-reliance the only key that can unlock the door to the future.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761361553
• ISBN13: 9780761361558
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12