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When Maribel Rivera experiences a near‑fatal accident, her fathers, mother and younger brother relocate from Mexico to Redwood Apartments in Delaware. Their hopes rest on Maribel’s recovery, but the realities of moving to a new country—language barriers, racial prejudice, and cultural misunderstandings—confront them at every turn. In the same apartment complex, high‑school sophomore Mayor Toro, whose Panamanian family arrived fifteen years earlier, perceives a quiet strength in Maribel that others miss. Their growing friendship faces violence that threatens to disrupt their futures in America.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Cristina Henríquez
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