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When your country doesn't want you there, how do you know where you belong? Jasmine de los Santos has been pushed by her immigrant parents to overachieve and be the best she can be. She's thrilled to be named a finalist for a big college scholarship. But when she brings home the paperwork, she learns that she and all her family are in the country illegally. As Jasmine's world shatters around her, she rebels, trying to make sense of herself - who is she? Is she American? Illegal? Something in between?

I hate mirrors. Glass is dangerous. Anything that reflects me back at myself is a threat. Liv Blakely knows how important it is to look good. Her father is launching a political career, and Liv will be making public appearances. She has an image to uphold - to her maybe-boyfriend, to her new friends, and to the public who love to find fault on social media.

Jasmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. She's studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. And then everything shatters. Her parents are forced to reveal the truth: Their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all, and the very real threat of deportation.

Kim Jisu never expected her traditional South Korean parents to hire Seoul's premier matchmaker to find her a suitable boyfriend. She just wants to figure out her own dreams! But to please her parents she agrees to go on the dates. When she flubs a test and then skips out on a date to spend time with friends, her fed-up parents ship her off to a private school in San Francisco, where she can shine academically - and, of course, be set up on more dates!

Newly arrived from Manila to lead their travel app’s Asia division, nothing matters more to Dalisay than tradition and family. When Evan asks her out, she soundly rejects him for his cheek. Evan learns from his Filipino friends that Dalisay expects more from potential suitors. If he wants a chance with her, he’s going to have to go through the Five Stages, the same courtship ritual that lovers in the Philippines have performed for generations. At first, Evan is skeptical—what, exactly, does “servitude” entail? And he has to sing?! 

A handful of sixth-graders have been chosen to attend an exclusive weekend at the Octagon Valley Institute, the mysterious, high-tech lab of the uber famous multimillionaire, genius, recluse Onassander Octagon. What will they do there? No one is telling. Which just makes everyone want to get in. Edwin has high hopes for the weekend—hopes he’ll meet other kids like him—kids who will accept him even though he’s got a photographic memory, genius level math skills and some very specific personality quirks. But when he meets the other kids, he starts to wonder if they’re all in the right place.

Un podcast d'inspiration 100% féminine pour soutenir la vie et ses processus de conscience et de transformation. Incarner la femme medecine, femme spirituelle, puissante, intuitive de nos jours. On aborde tout, de l'euphorie à la tristesse, de la beauté à la noirceur, de la vie à la mort, de la naissance au deuil, du succès aux échecs, de l'amour à la haine, car c'est là toute cette alchimie vivante en constant mouvement mais tellement envoûtante et si vraie à la fois. Imprégnez vous, nourrissez vous, explorez et surtout vivez ! Besos de luna, Mélissa De la Cruz Femme medecine ...