![]() ![]() It seems that the ideal American life she's dreamed of comes at a price, one that Fabiola isn't sure she wants to pay. ![]() But the more Fabiola learns about her new life in America, the more conflicted she is. She likes her new cousins, makes a friend at her new school, and is even interested in a young man that she meets. She moves in with her Aunt Jo and her three cousins, twins Princess (Pri) and Primadonna (Donna) and older sister Chantal. Fabiola was born in America, so she is an American citizen, but her troubles are far from over in her new home. The dreams of an exciting new life quickly come to a halt, though, when her mother is detained by immigration authorities in New York, and Fabiola must continue onto Detroit by herself. I was completely immersed in this captivating novel that combines an immigrant story with the dark underbelly of the American Dream.įabiola Toussaint is a 16-year old girl traveling to America with her mother from Haiti to live with her aunt and cousins in Detroit. ![]() American Street by Ibi Zoboi received so many rave reviews last year - and was a finalist for the National Book Award for YA literature - that I couldn't wait to read it, so I was thrilled to get the audiobook for review. ![]()
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