Jessica Agudelo
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Review of Miss Camper
Miss Camper by Kat Fajardo; illus. by the author; color by Jose GaribaldiIntermediate, Middle School Graphix/Scholastic 272 pp.7/25 9781338535600 $24.99Paper ed. 9781338535617 $14.99e-book ed. 9781338746501 $14.99Spanish ed. 9781546176565 $14.99This sequel to Miss Quinces (rev. 5/22) picks up the following summer, as Sue (short for Suyapa) sets off to Camp Willow....
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Review of Salvación
Salvación by Sandra ProudmanMiddle School, High School Wednesday/St. Martin’s 336 pp.5/25 9781250895080 $21.00e-book ed. 9781250895097 $11.99In this novel inspired by El Zorro and set soon after the 1848 signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, proper young Mexican woman Lola de La Peña and her family have settled in Alta...
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Review of It’s All or Nothing, Vale
It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz ArangoMiddle School Random 272 pp.2/25 9780593810927 $17.99Library ed. 9780593810934 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593810941 $10.99After suffering serious injuries in a motorbike accident, Valentina Camacho is determined to resume fencing and qualify for the Summer Nationals. As seventh grade begins, Vale is motivated to get...
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Review of At Home in a Faraway Place
At Home in a Faraway Place by Lynne Rae Perkins; illus. by the authorIntermediate Greenwillow 128 pp.3/25 9780063378421 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063378452 $9.99Lissie travels with her father and grandma to a distant country, where volcanoes overlook the city and the residents speak Spanish. Though initially nervous about the long journey (“We...
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...
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