We Didn't Ask for This

Name: We Didn't Ask for This
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Adi Alsaid
ISBN: 9781980066859

Author: Adi Alsaid

Narrator: Maria Liatis

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/14/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Diversity & Multicultural, School & Education, Politics & Government, Social Themes

Synopsis

CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL’S annual lock-in is legendary. Bonds are made. Contests are
fought. Stories are forged that will be passed down from student to student for years to come.

This year’s lock-in begins normally enough. Then a group of students led by Marisa Cuevas stage
an ecoprotest and chain themselves to the doors, vowing to keep everyone trapped inside until their list
of demands is met.

Some students rally to their cause … but others are aggrieved to watch their own plans fall apart.
Amira has trained all year to compete in the school decathlon on her own terms. Peejay intended to
honor his brother by throwing the greatest party CIS has ever seen. Kenji was looking forward to making
a splash at his improv showcase. Omar wanted to spend a little time with the boy he’s been crushing on.
Celeste, adrift in a new country, was hoping to connect with someone—anyone. And Marisa, once so
certain of her goals, must now decide how far she’ll go to attain them.

Every year, lock-in night changes lives. This year, it might just change the world.

About Adi Alsaid

Born and raised in Mexico City, Adi Alsaid is the author of several young adult novels including Let’s Get Lost, We Didn’t Ask for This, and North of Happy, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book nominee. He also wrote the middle grade books The Bravest Warrior in Nefaria and The Greatest Heist in Joviala and edited Come on In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and two cats, where he occasionally spills hot sauce on things (and cats).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on April 07, 2020

I have to admit it was strange reading a book about a lockdown everyone was excited about in the middle of our current situation. This was a readable, entertaining, diverse book with some believability issues. Central International School Home of the See Cucumbers and the world elite’s children. It......more

Goodreads review by Yna from Books and Boybands on May 21, 2020

Still thinking about my rating. Might change on my final review.......more

Goodreads review by Samantha (WLABB) on March 13, 2020

Central International Schools annual lock-in was an event people looked forward to, and a place, where memories were made. One hoped to prove he was the party master. One hoped to spread his love of improv. One hoped to prove that a female athlete was just as talented as a male athlete. One hoped to fi......more

Goodreads review by Jenni on December 07, 2019

Activism or terrorism? When a teenager and her friends chain themselves to every exit door in their high school, the "lock-in" night becomes a bit more than they expected. While this was a pretty good book, I don't think it was very believable. Windows that don't open or shatter seem to be a fire ma......more

Goodreads review by Thamy on April 10, 2020

This was one crazy ride into the dynamics of an international school! 3.5, rounded up because of so many merits in diversity, ecology and especially all the work for planning this thing. Marisa wants to protect the environment and save the reefs, for that she joins force with some other student and s......more