bReaders of iLucky Broken Girli, iHurricane Childi, and iThe House on Mango Street, iwill love this story of finding sanctuary with friends who understand the enormous changes life can throw you when you're 11.b pWhat Elisa, Lucia, and Alice see-and judge-of each other from the outside is drastically different from how each girl feels inside. They attend the same classes in the same New York City middle school, but no one knows that Elisa is trying to navigate the bewildering asylum process having just arrived from El Salvador or that Lucia, who also speaks Spanish and brims with self-confidence, is caught in the middle of her parents' heartbreaking divorce or that Alice, who appears to be a rebel in combat boots, carries the burden of her mother's progressing cancer. pNarrated by each girl in alternating chapters, iCity Girlsi captures the vulnerability of being a middle schooler and the relief and joy of finding friendship where you least expect it.