![]() Mari befriends Jackie, a classmate and activist who encourages her to find her own voice and beliefs instead of following what she is told. She had always separated the two in her mind, but she soon discovers that and she learns about who her father truly is. Mari is forced to begin to reckon with who her father is. During a debate, her father makes a comment about immigration that goes viral because of its controversial and problematic nature. In a way, she purposely kept herself in the dark where her father’s career was concerned. ![]() Florida is the key for him to snag the nomination to become the Republican pick for president.Īt the start of the novel, Mariana was somewhat ignorant of her father’s position and political platform. Her father, a US senator, is in the thick of primary season and concentrating on winning his home state of Florida. ![]() In Running by Natalia Sylvester, Mariana Ruiz or Mari to her friends, is a Cuban American high schooler who finds herself at a crossroads with this same question. ![]()
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