My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope

My Family Divided is a 2019 memoir written by Diane Guerrero and Erica Moroz, adapted for a youth audience from Guerrero’s 2016 adult memoir In the Country We Love: My Family Divided. It tells the story of Guerrero’s experiences in the US as the US-born child of undocumented immigrants from Colombia, especially focusing on the challenges she faced after her family was deported to Colombia when she was still a minor. Guerrero’s memoir stresses the Importance of Education on Immigration Issues by Using Trauma As Fuel for Hope of a Brighter Future and explores The Strengths and Fragilities of Familial Bonds through the relationship with her parents before and after they were deported. As a successful actor with celebrity status, Guerrero was able to reach a wide audience with her memoir, highlighting her family’s experience with the US immigration system as part of her activism in the cause of immigration reform. Guerrero’s adult memoir received unexpected attention from 12- to 18-year-old audiences, receiving the Alex Award 2017 for influential youth literature. Following this, Guerrero decided to have her book adapted for young audiences, working with Moroz, an established co-author and ghostwriter of youth literature.