Roots That Reach the Stars (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Palma and Ink, LLC, 2026
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. Roots That Reach the Stars is a coming-of-age novel about Marisol Reyes-sixteen years old, the eldest daughter of Dominican immigrants, and on the cusp of making a decision that will change everything.Marisol has spent her childhood translating for her Spanish-speaking mother, caring for her younger brother, and quietly suppressing her own ambitions in service of her family's stability. When she discovers a prestigious teen astronomy program at the American Museum of Natural History, she forges her mother's signature on the application - the first deliberate lie she has ever told. Her acceptance sets in motion a chain of consequences she could not have anticipated: a rupture with her mother, the unraveling of her oldest friendship, and the slow erosion of the careful life she had built to keep her family intact.Roots That Reach the Stars is a debut novel about identity, ambition, grief, and the quiet labor of immigrant daughters. It is written in English and Spanish, in the rhythm of the households it honors. A Dominican-American teen lies to her family to join an astronomy program, a small deception that unearths deep family secrets, tests her loyalties, and forces her to choose between her roots and the stars. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Roots That Reach the Stars (Paperback)
- Author
- Darling Jimenez
- Publisher
- Palma and Ink, LLC
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798995578208
- Illustrator
- Cavin, Ashleigh Joyce
Marisol Reyes has spent sixteen years holding her family together. One forged signature is about to pull it apart.
As the eldest daughter of Dominican immigrants, Marisol is the one who translates for her mother, looks after her younger brother, and folds her own dreams quietly away to keep the household steady. So when she discovers a prestigious teen astronomy program at the American Museum of Natural History — and knows her mother will never sign the application — she signs it herself. It is the first deliberate lie she has ever told.
Acceptance should feel like a beginning. Instead it cracks open everything she's worked to protect: her relationship with her mother, her oldest friendship, and the careful life she built to keep her family whole.
Told in English and Spanish, in the rhythm of the households it honors, Roots That Reach the Stars is a debut about identity, ambition, grief, and the invisible labor of immigrant daughters — and what it costs a girl to finally reach for something of her own.
For readers of Elizabeth Acevedo's Clap When You Land and Erika L. Sánchez's I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.
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