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Gr 8 Up—It is Natasha's last day in New York City, where she has lived for 10 years. Her family, living as undocumented immigrants in a small Brooklyn apartment, are being deported to Jamaica after her father's arrest for drunk driving. Natasha is scouring the city for a chance to stay in the United States legally. She wants the normal teen existence of her peers. Meanwhile, poetic Daniel is on his way to an int...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

New York City high school senior Natasha believes in science and rationality. An undocumented immigrant from Jamaica, she and her family are facing immediate deportation thanks to her father's DUI arrest. Daniel believes in destiny and poetry. Burdened with his Korean-immigrant parents' expectations, he is appeasing them by applying to Yale, where he will study to become a doctor. But when Natasha's and Daniel's paths cross unexpectedly, and repeatedly, over the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Natasha, an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica facing immediate deportation, believes in science and rationality. Daniel, burdened with his Korea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More