We Are Okay
Publisher
Dutton Books
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780735232013
Pages
240 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender & Sexuality); Family member death; Gay/Lesbian; family member death; grief; same sex relationship; lesbian
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
grandfather
LGBTQ+
female/female
Keywords
college students; friendship; New York; secrets
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
LaCour, Nina, "We Are Okay" (2017). Diverse Families. 658.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/658