American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Suddenly, I feel so alone in this house. I am surrounded by family, but none of them really knows me or understands what happened to me today. p20

"Ma thinks that anything free is just bullshit. Especially in this city. You don't want a bullshit education." p50

We were all shades of brown and not-brown. This is what tuition paid for-- to be with other students who were examples of the world. p51

Emotional description of going to another country p54

"No, no, no. I understand. There are guys like Dray in Haiti, too. We call them vagabon, drug dealers. Maybe some of them like to study, but they love money more." p102

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