Books Like Tell Us We're Home
Families who loved Tell Us We're Home by Marina Tamar Budhos often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Families who loved Tell Us We're Home by Marina Tamar Budhos often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your teenager is feeling like an outsider in their own community or struggling with the invisible walls created by social class and immigration status. It is an essential read for young people navigating the 'middle space' between their family's heritage and the affluent, often exclusionary environments where they live or go to school. Through the eyes of Jaya, Maria, and Kiki, the story explores the complexities of being the children of domestic workers in a wealthy New Jersey suburb. It tackles themes of identity, systemic injustice, and the profound strength of female friendship. Parents will appreciate how it validates the experience of feeling 'unseen' while offering a realistic, hopeful path toward claiming one's own space in the world. It is a poignant tool for building empathy and discussing social equity with middle and high schoolers.
