From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant. Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with […]
Even When Your Voice Shakes by: Ruby Yayra Goka
March 7, 2022 by ·
A young woman speaks out against her wealthy abuser in this riveting YA novel from one of Ghana’s most celebrated children’s book authors. When Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother’s old school friends, she knows she has to accept. Her wages will feed her family, help her sisters stay in […]
Ophelia After All by: Racquel Marie
March 1, 2022 by ·
A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, a hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by author Racquel Marie. Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys – way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her […]
MÁS ALLÁ DE LA FRONTERA by Margarita Longoria
February 21, 2022 by ·
I am so bad and didn’t even post our anthology in SPANISH!!! Here it is guys! MÁS ALLÁ DE LA FRONTERA!!! It is such an honor to have this book out in the world and in SPANISH as well. I am so grateful. 🙂
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY LIVING BEYOND BORDERS!
August 17, 2021 by ·
Today is the official Book Birthday of LIVING BEYOND BORDERS: GROWING UP MEXICAN IN AMERICA!! I am so thrilled to finally have this collection in the world!! I am so proud of all the work the contributors of this book gave of themselves, it was a true work of heart. My hope in curating this […]
Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
March 30, 2021 by ·
I take a deep breath. Audrey is basically perfect … almost too perfect. I’ve seen her dance dozens of times, and sometimes it feels like I’m watching a battery-powered ballerina. I try to ignore our classmates as I say, “Audrey doesn’t know how to have fun with it.” Audrey’s mouth drops open, but our instructor nods approvingly, so I continue. “Ballet is […]
A Pho Love Story by: Loan Le
February 12, 2021 by ·
I LOVED Pho Love Story! It was so fabulous! I love YA romance and I love books centered around food, so when I saw this one I knew I wanted to read it! I have made a little list of book recommendations here based on this book. If you loved Pho Love Story, you […]
Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America COVER & EXCERPT!
November 20, 2020 by ·
For years I have been a book blogger, posting, loving, promoting all the books I love. It is a little surreal to post and blog about MY OWN BOOK!!! But I wanted to capture this moment on my blog and post the cover for the AUGUST 17, 2021 Release of our YA Anthology called, Living […]
Running by Natalia Sylvester
August 7, 2020 by ·
When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero—while the whole country is watching. In this thoughtful, authentic, humorous, and gorgeously written novel about privacy, waking […]
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
May 19, 2020 by ·
A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border. Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña have no false illusions about the town they’ve grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Though their families–both biological and found–create a warm community for them, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all […]
