When We Make It
by Elisabet Velasquez
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2021
Word Count 33,221
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 517117, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Novels in verse
- Family life--Fiction
- Puerto Ricans--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Transcending Time: YA Historical Fiction
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 7
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
![Américas Award, 1993-2023](/images/list_image/3388.jpg.pagespeed.ce.KHiuYrRHQh.jpg)
Américas Award, 1993-2023
Commended, 2022
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Hi-Lo Selection, 2022
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png.pagespeed.ce.Mab2xOF0V-.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2022
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024](/images/awards/79.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Xpp4I88NBl.jpg)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
![In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2024](/images/awards/205.png.pagespeed.ce.AT1h0RpOZw.png)
In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2024
Nonfiction Honor, 2022
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg.pagespeed.ce.B9zziK7vbV.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2021
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