![]() ![]() Fabiola's cousins have a reputation as girls no one messes with, yet as the reader, it was hard not to love them. Fabiola's wide-eyed uncertainty as she tries to adjust to this new country, her fear for her mother, and her realization that America may not be the paradise she's dreamed of, all serve to make her story an instantly sympathetic one. From the very first chapter, the emotions and stakes are high. ![]() When the two attempt to come to Detroit to join Fabiola's Aunt Jo and cousins - Chantal, Princess (Pri) and Primadonna (Donna) - Fabiola is allowed through security but her mother is detained at JFK by U.S. ![]() ![]() It's really quite fantastic.įabiola Toussaint was born in America but she has spent almost all her life in Haiti with her Haitian mother. Zoboi has crafted a unique blend of Haitian Vodou beliefs with a contemporary American setting. There's the obvious reasons - it's an ownvoices work about Haitian immigrants in Detroit there's the general reasons like the extremely sympathetic narrator and the wonderful cast of diverse secondary characters, plus the grittiness and emotion throughout but then there's the fact that this is a really clever, really different story. The more I think about it, the more I realize just how much I loved American Street. I’m a “resident alien.” The borders don’t care if we’re all human and my heart pumps blood the same as everyone else’s.Ĥ 1/2 stars. According to my papers, I’m not even supposed to be here. ![]()
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