Title: Lucky Boy
Author: Shanthi Sekaran
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: May 12 2017
When was the book published: 2016
Main Characters: Soli (Solimar Castro Valdez,) Ignacio, Kavya and Sikki Reddy, Checo, Silvia
What happens? Soli leaves her hometown in Mexico and illegally emigrates to the US, gets pregnant with Ignacio, moves in with Silvia in Berkeley, becomes nanny for the Cassidy's. Kavya can't get pregnant, tries IVF, and decides to become a foster parent.
How long was this? 469 pages
Did I like this? Excellent literature, compelling, complicated, hard to read at times, painful. Really well done and thought provoking. Other than Soli's amazing luck at finding her way through adventures, very believable.
Overall grade: A
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