"Adolescence" . . "JUVENILE FICTION General." . . . . "Children's stories." . . "Young adult fiction"@en . "Electronic books"@en . "Young adult fiction" . . . "What can't wait"@en . "What can't wait" . . "'Another day finished, gracias a Dios.' Seventeen-year-old Marisa's mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember. Her parents came to Houston from Mexico. They work hard, and they expect Marisa to help her familia. An ordinary life'marrying a neighborhood guy, working, having babies'ought to be good enough for her. Marisa hears something else from her calc teacher. She should study harder, ace the AP test, and get into engineering school in Austin. Some days, it all seems possible. On others, she's not even sure what she wants. When her life at home becomes unbearable, Marisa seeks comfort elsewhere'and suddenly neither her best friend nor boyfriend can get through to her. Caught between the expectations of two different worlds, Marisa isn't sure what she wants'other than a life where she doesn't end each day thanking God it's over. But some things just can't wait."@en . . . . "What cannot wait"@en . "What cannot wait" . . . "What Can't Wait" . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . "Juvenile works" . "What can(t) wait"@en . . . . "Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable."@en . "Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable." . "Electronic resource" . . . "Young adult works"@en . "Young adult works" . . . . . . . . "JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration." . . "Pérez, Ashley Hope" . . "Family life Juvenile fiction." . . "Self-reliance Juvenile fiction." . . "Mexican Americans Juvenile fiction." . .