SuitabookDream things true
Marie Marquardt
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in as the immigration conflict develops. This can leave room to discuss which parts of the family and bureaucratic pressures feel most important, without assuming the story offers easy answers.
- Themes
- Immigration and belonging: Alma has lived in Georgia since early childhood and is undocumented, as are many people close to her; raids begin in the town. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Family and independence: Evan wants to leave through soccer, while Alma hopes to leave through academic success; their family circumstances differ. The story connects hopes for independence with family circumstances, without establishing a single view of family expectations.
- Worth knowing
- Immigration raids and the undocumented status of Alma and people close to her are central pressures. Family life is described as sometimes smothering, and the book includes a developing romantic relationship.