Jessica Agudelo
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Review of Doña Fela’s Dream
Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown; illus. by Rose Ibarra Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. 9/24 9780316178358 $18.99 Spanish ed. 9780316581660 $11.99 A richly illustrated picture-book biography of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor, Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), with a lively text. As a tropical storm batters San Juan at...
Review of Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez
Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina; illus. by Natalia Rojas Castro Primary Atheneum 40 pp. 6/24 9781665931427 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781665931434 $10.99 This picture-book biography introduces readers to an extraordinary Indigenous ultramarathoner. Ramírez, born in 1995, is “a proud daughter...
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Review of Emergency Quarters
Emergency Quarters by Carlos Matias; illus. by Gracey ZhangPrimary Tegen/HarperCollins 40 pp.5/24 9780063271456 $19.99It’s a new school year, and Ernesto, an Afro Dominican boy wearing “lucky kicks” and “his favorite Mets cap,” is finally allowed to walk the six blocks to school without his parents. Before he leaves, his mom...
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Review of Canto Contigo
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza VillaHigh School Wednesday/St. Martin’s 352 pp.4/24 9781250875754 $20.00e-book ed. 9781250875761 $11.99Mariachi is everything to seventeen-year-old Mexican American Rafael Casimiro Álvarez, given his natural singing talent and the musical chops that run in his family. After the death of his abuelo, upholding his mariachi legacy becomes...
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Review of Shut Up, This Is Serious
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina IxtaHigh School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 368 pp.1/24 9780063287860 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063287884 $10.99It’s senior year, and while Belén’s classmates are focused on college applications, she’s flunking school and struggling to cope with a shattered home life. Since her pa walked out on their family, her...
Review of Letters in Charcoal
Letters in Charcoal by Irene Vasco; illus. by Juan Palomino; trans. from Spanish by Lawrence SchimelPrimary Lantana 32 pp.9/23 9781915244512 $18.99An unnamed narrator relates how she learned to read as a child in her coastal Afro-Colombian pueblo. In Palenque: “Letters were in kitchens, on tables, and right in front of...
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Review of A Flicker of Hope
A Flicker of Hope by Cynthia Harmony; illus. by Devon HolzwarthPrimary Viking 32 pp.2/24 9780593525760 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593525784 $10.99Spanish ed. 9780593525791 $18.99As cold weather gives way to spring, the monarch butterfly migration begins, and Lucía’s papá commences his own journey north. The forested region near the Mexican state of Michoacán...
Review of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Dial 320 pp. 8/23 9780593462287 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780593462294 $14.99 e-book ed. 9780593462300 $9.99 Martín’s humorous and heartfelt memoir recounts a momentous 1977 road trip with his “big Mexican American family.” Apá and Amá gather the...
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Review of The Do-Over
The Do-Over by Rodrigo Vargas; illus. by Coni YovaninizIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 224 pp.5/23 9780358394044 $24.99Paper ed. 9780358394051 $15.99e-book ed. 9780358394334 $10.99In this upbeat graphic novel, Maru is trying to adjust to her family’s recent move from California to Ohio. Her papá, a barbershop owner, and the rest of her...
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