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This Train is Being Held

By Ismée Williams
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Abrams Imprint Amulet ISBN

9781419734939

This Train is Being Held

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Crime: Gang/Organized Crime,Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Language: Mild Language,Sexual Content: Sexual Harassment,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: General,Violence: Suicide

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?
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