This Train Is Being Held
Written by Ismee Williams
Published by Abrams
Alex is a baseball player. A great one. His papi is pushing him to go pro, but Alex maybe wants to be a poet. Not that Papi would understand or allow that.
Isa is a dancer. She’d love to go pro, if only her Havana-born mom weren’t dead set against it…just like she’s dead set against her daughter falling for a Latino. And Isa’s privileged private-school life—with her dad losing his job and her older brother struggling with mental illness—is falling apart. Not that she’d ever tell that to Alex.
Fate—and the New York City subway—bring Alex and Isa together. Is it enough to keep them together when they need each other most?

Primary ISBN: 9781419734939
Available As: Hardcover, Audiobook
Young Adult, Age 13 or older
Community Represented: Cuban/Cuban American, Dominican/Dominican American
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: United States (New York NY)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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