No Ivy League

When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity of her life, the power of white privilege, and the hidden story of segregation in Portland.

Cand Hazel Newlevant, in varsta de 17 ani, isi ia un loc de munca de vara, curatand iedera din padurea din orasul natal Portland, Oregon, singura ei asteptare este sa castige cativa bani. Invatata la domiciliu, bogata si adapostita, Hazel isi gaseste curand slujba functionand cot la cot cu adolescentii cu risc pentru a fi o initiere intr-o lume noua pe care nu are abilitate sa o navigheze.