Books for the new school year, Bookshop’s recommendations for diverse and thoughtful reads
Bookshop’s collection of titles for the new academic season offers a 2021 list of books perfect for the avid and curious reader. In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros ‘Millie’ Vargas knows her life is about to change. Now a citizen, Millie devotes herself to school and caring for her younger siblings while her mom works as a housekeeper for the wealthy Wheeler family. With college on the horizon, Millie is torn between attending her dream school and staying close to home, where she knows she’s needed. As a working-class girl in London’s East End, she’s spent her whole life learning to hide these traits.
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