The grief keeper / Alexandra Villasante.
"Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. Rosen, an elderly expat who had employed Marisol's mother as a maid. When she pictured an American life for herself, she dreamed of a life like Aimee and Amber's, the title characters of her favorite American TV show. She never pictured fleeing her home in El Salvador under threat of death and stealing across the US border as "an illegal", but after her brother is murdered and her younger sister, Gabi's, life is also placed in equal jeopardy, she has no choice, especially because she knows everything is her fault. If she had never fallen for the charms of a beautiful girl named Liliana, Pablo might still be alive, her mother wouldn't be in hiding and she and Gabi wouldn't have been caught crossing the border. But they have been caught and their asylum request will most certainly be denied. With truly no options remaining, Marisol jumps at an unusual opportunity to stay in the United States. She's asked to become a grief keeper, taking the grief of another into her own body to save a life. It's a risky, experimental study, but if it means Marisol can keep her sister safe, she will risk anything. She just never imagined one of the risks would be falling in love, a love that may even be powerful enough to finally help her face her own crushing grief. The Grief Keeper is a tender tale that explores the heartbreak and consequences of when both love and human beings are branded illegal"- Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525514022
- ISBN: 0525514023
- Physical Description: 310 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2019]
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Abington Community Library | YOUNG ADULT VILLASA (Text) | 50687011645754 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | YOUNG ADULT VILLASA (Text) | 50686015520286 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | YA VIL (Text) | 33240004912237 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ashland Public Library | JFIC VIL (Text) | 30399000341942 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Brandywine Community Library | YA VIL (Text) | 33249023416468 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
DuBois Public Library | YA FIC VILLASANTE (Text) | 61000100028246 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | YA VIL (Text) | 33249023932290 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
Gallitzin Public Library | FIC VIL (Text) | 31814300657431 | GALM Fiction | Available | - |
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | YA FIC VILLASANTE (Text) | 39636100403746 | Young Adult | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | YA VIL (Text) | 33400001440877 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |