In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
by Diane Guerrero
The star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2016
Word Count 85,501
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 183549, 13.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Actors
- Family
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Guerrero, Diane, 1986---Family
- Immigration enforcement--United States
- Immigration enforcement
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Guerrero, Diane, 1986-
- Actors--United States--Biography
- Children of illegal aliens
- Children of illegal aliens--United States--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Guerrero, Diane
- United States
- Biography / Autobiography
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 2

Alex Awards, 1998-2023
Winner, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Adult Crossover Selection, 2016
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