10 New Books to Read This Year by People of Color

The child of immigrant parents, Liz is born and raised in Miami's Cuban community. When she secretly applies and gets accepted into an Ivy League college, her parents are furious she wants to leave Miami. To make matters worse, weeks before she's supposed to start school, her parents divorce and her father sells their family home, leaving Liz's mom with no place to go. Liz begins her first semester at Rawlings College but is constantly pulled back into her family drama and must ultimately decide to put her needs or her family's needs first.