{"product_id":"9781250135360","title":"Dream Things True","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern-day Romeo and Juliet story in which a wealthy Southern boy falls in love with an undocumented Mexican girl and together they face perils in their hostile Georgia town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvan and Alma have spent fifteen years living in the same town, connected in a dozen different ways but also living worlds apart -- until the day he jumps into her dad's truck and slams on the brakes. \u003cbr\u003eThe nephew of a senator, Evan seems to have it all - except a functional family. Alma has lived in Georgia since she was two, surrounded by a large (sometimes smothering) Mexican family. They both want out of this town. His one-way ticket is soccer; hers is academic success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen they fall in love, they fall hard, trying to ignore their differences. Then Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids in their town, and Alma knows that she needs to share her secret. But how will she tell her country-club boyfriend that she and almost everyone she's close to are undocumented immigrants?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is a beautiful, nuanced exploration of the complications of immigration, young love, defying one's family, and facing a tangled bureaucracy that threatens to completely upend two young lives. This page-turning debut asks tough questions, reminding us that love is more powerful than fear in \u003ci\u003eDream Things True \u003c\/i\u003eby Marie Marquardt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marie Marquardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":42976508903584,"sku":"9781250135360","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_ae296bbb-15da-4d44-8766-c21672e5acc2.jpg?v=1673904957","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781250135360","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}