We Are Here to Stay, Susan Kuklin
We Are Here to Stay, Susan Kuklin
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We Are Here to Stay
Voice of Undocumented Young Adults

Author: Susan Kuklin

Narrator: Almarie Guerra, Scott Merriman, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Frankie Corzo, Marcus Stewart, Lauren Ezzo, Emily Woo Zeller, JD Jackson, Laura Jennings

Unabridged: 3 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/08/2019


Synopsis

The Stonewall Honor–winning author of Beyond Magenta shares the intimate, eye-opening stories of nine undocumented young adults living in America.“Maybe next time they hear someone railing about how terrible immigrants are, they'll think about me. I’m a real person.” Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows. We Are Here to Stay is a very different book than it was intended to be when originally slated for a 2017 release, illustrated with Susan Kuklin’s gorgeous full-color portraits. Since the last presidential election and the repeal of DACA, it is no longer safe for these young adults to be identified in photographs or by name. Their photographs have been replaced with empty frames, and their names are represented by first initials. We are honored to publish these enlightening, honest, and brave accounts that encourage open, thoughtful conversation about the complexities of immigration — and the uncertain future of immigrants in America.

About Susan Kuklin

Susan Kuklin is the award-winning author and photographer of more than thirty books for children and young adults that address social issues and culture, including No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row and Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, which was named a Stonewall Honor Book. Her photographs have appeared in the Museum of the City of New York, documentary films, Time magazine, Newsweek, and the New York Times. Susan Kuklin lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on November 03, 2018

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults is a collection of several different young immigrants's real-life stories. All the immigrants in this book are very different: they come from......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 17, 2019

Nothing makes clearer the current political climate than the fact that this excellent nonfiction book contains no photographs or names of the undocumented individuals whose stories are told here. Originally, those were a part of the book, but due to the uncertainty surrounding Deferred Action for Ch......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on January 16, 2019

*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* We Are Here to Stay tells the story of young, undocumented people in America, and it is both heartwrenching and uplifiting. These young people have such bright dreams and are working so hard t......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on November 07, 2018

This was an interesting anthology about kids who were brought over to America as children and their stories as undocumented young adults. I wish that some of the stories would have been a little longer. They would have had more impact that way. I still think it's worth the read if you're interested......more

Goodreads review by Manon the Malicious on February 03, 2019

I was provided an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I don't have much to say about this. The title is pretty self-explanatory. Nine Young-Adults talk about their journey to America and what happened once they got there. They come from all over and have one thing in common. At some po......more