Marquardt, Marie F.

Evan, the nephew of a conservative southern senator, and Alma, who lives with her large, warm Mexican family, fall in love, but when Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids on their town, Alma knows she needs to tell Evan her secrets, but how can she tell her country-club boyfriend that she is an undocumented immigrant?.

"Vivi, a college student attempting to complete an internship, TJ, a nursing student, and ?ngel, a patient with heart disease, all find their lives intersecting at a university hospital during one summer that could change their lives forever"--OCLC.

A boy running away from his homelife in El Salvador looks for a safe place to call home, only to cross paths with an American girl also seeking salvation.

Evan, the nephew of a conservative southern senator, and Alma, who lives with her large, warm Mexican family, fall in love, but when Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids on their town, Alma knows she needs to tell Evan her secrets, but how can she tell her country-club boyfriend that she is an undocumented immigrant?.

Challenges assumptions about why immigrants come to the United States, where they settle, and how they have adapted to the often confusing patchwork of local immigration ordinances.