My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope [Paperback]

Diane Guerrero, the star ofOrange is the New BlackandJane the Virgin, presents her personal story in this middle-grade memoir about her parents deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocumented immigrants and their American children.

Before landing a spot on the megahit Netflix showOrange is the New Black; before wow-ing audiences as Lina onJane the Virgin; and before her incredible activism and work on immigration reform, Diane Guerrero was a young girl living in Boston. One day, while Guerrero was at school, her undocumented immigrant parents were taken from their home, detained, and deported. Guerrero's life, which had been full of the support of a loving family, was turned upside down.

Reflective of the experiences of millions of undocumented immigrant families in the United States, Guerrero's story inMy Family Divided, written with Erica Moroz, is at once heartbreaking and hopeful.

Praise forMy Family Divided:

This memoir's greatest strength is that itcaptures how life moves on even after a great loss. . .To read this book is to understand. . .howa child's resilience can be as heartbreaking as it is inspirational. The New York Times Book Review

Eminently accessible. . . This is a timely reminder that none of us lives in a vacuum and thatdeportation affects more than just the deportee. Kirkus Reviews

Diane Guerrerois an actress on the hit showsOrange is the New BlackandJane the Virgin. She volunteers with the non-profit Immigrant Legal Resource Center, as well as with Mi Familia Vota, an organization that promotes civic involvement. Shel#®