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A stack of No Way Never Sisters. the illustrated cover has a purple background featuring a gold locket, which is open and heart-shaped, with a picture of a Latina girl on each side of the locket: one has curly brown hair and freckles, the other has dark brown hair in a side braid and brown eyes. One girl is frowning while the other rolls her eyes.
Psst…NO WAY NEVER SISTERS is coming out in hardcover AND paperback so we’re doing a giveaway of both! ✨2 winners will get a signed set of books each for them & a friend! Coming March 10📚enter on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DVZHCSykV4...
Costco has Fraser Firs for $13.
Isss X-Mas miracle!
Ecstatic to share my next novel for adults—about 3 generations of women on a mission to expose a corrupt HOA board in Miami—will be out in 2027 from Little, Brown! Thank you to my amazing agent Laura Dail for finding the perfect home for this book with the brilliant Vivian Lee!
The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
democrats have a duty right now to loudly remind the military they are required by law to refuse unconstitutional orders
This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.
One of my favorite things to do at school visits or story times for A Maleta Full of Treasures is talk about how my picture book is a result of teamwork. I show students Juana Medina’s picture & say, “can we give her a big round of applause?!” It starts things off with such fun energy!
We wrote a Latina reverse parent trap MG novel with big-hearted characters navigating scoliosis, anxiety, & overwhelming life changes. Librarians, booksellers, teachers & reviewers, request ARCs of NO WAY NEVER SISTERS, co-written by Chantel Acevedo & me, at the link! forms.gle/H7Bh7ap7W7GH...
We wrote a Latina reverse parent trap MG novel with big-hearted characters navigating scoliosis, anxiety, & overwhelming life changes. Librarians, booksellers, teachers & reviewers, request ARCs of NO WAY NEVER SISTERS, co-written by Chantel Acevedo & me, at the link! forms.gle/H7Bh7ap7W7GH...
This story is not getting the attention it deserves in fact it should be so shocking that it took over the CK story at this point.
However, you would be hard pressed to find more than a couple people who even know what happened
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Years ago someone told me not to write Latine characters unless I had a “reason” to. Hi!! Five books (& counting later) my reason is that we exist & we’re not going anywhere & our stories deserve to be told & celebrated unapologetically 365 days a year. Happy Latinx Heritage Month!
Image of Khadijah in a cozy living room, wearing a red and white flowered dress with white buttons and a V-neck and 3/4 sleeves. Her skin is brown, her hair is salt and pepper and curly, her lipstick is red and she is smiling.
Image of a purple flowering tree in front of blue sky, and a home with a tiled roof
Khadijah‘s book, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: A Veteran’s Memoir, which has a dark blue cover with turquoise and lilac lettering, on top of colorful tiles. The background tile colors are dark, blue, yellow, green, orange and beige, mostly
I’m still alive. The earth is still alive. Language is still alive. If you can’t find any beauty where you are, you can still make it.
Took 20 years to get this story out. I hope you’ll read it 💙🩵
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/khadi...
So proud of my husband & his first audiobook narration!
A standing copy of Las Criaturas by Leticia Urieta on a tall wooden table with more copies lying beside it and a photo of Leticia with her name displayed above.
I have 2 copies of my first book from @flowersongpress.bsky.social, Las Criaturas, and one of my zines to giveaway to anyone who donates $10 or more the Sameer Project to help folks in Gaza access food, water and other supplies:
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My forthcoming novella, We Are Made of Scars & Starlight, features a protagonist who lives with chronic pain from lupus as well as depression. Here are some other disabled books I recommend and a little bit about them ...
First, about the book: When 25-year-old Kai Larssen agrees to be his best friend Mariah's date to a family function, he meets Ray, Mariah's twin brother and the forever anxious, frustratingly sexy man of Kai's dreams - whom Kai can never come out to for fear of outing Mariah. When Kai returns to the city, he starts spending more time with Ray and spins a web of lies that means he may end up losing one of the most important people in his life forever.
Juliet Takes A Breath (asthma rep) and Breathe & Count Back From Ten (hip dysplasia and depression rep)
In final days of Disability Pride Month, I thought now was the perfect time to introduce y'all to Kai and rec a few disabled books I've loved over the last few years.
Books listed: Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera and Breathe & Count Back From Ten by @nataliasylv.bsky.social❤️
More recs⬇️
Love this, thank you so much for sharing!
Book overview for BREATHE AND COUNT BACK TO TEN. Genre: Contemporary YA Themes: Theme park mermaids, following your dreams, disability, 1st gen immigrant pressures.
Content warnings: Ableism, Body shaming, Sexual Harrassment, Misogyny, Medical content. Representation: Peruvian-American protag, Protag has hip dysplasia Setting: Florida Form: First person single POV
Quote: “And it’s weird, because even though I know she’s talking about mermaids and air and the magic of making them seem real, the way she said crutch makes me feel like needing one is a bad thing. Like maybe the “magic” isn’t just about believing in mermaids; it’s about believing people like me don’t exist. Like maybe admitting I’ve needed crutches dispels the myths we want to believe about people. That we’re not perfect. That our bodies have needs. That this doesn’t make us any less real. Any less human.”
I loved the docuseries, "MerPeople," and this book got into that same territory from the mechanics of performance to the history of it in Florida. This is an especially good read for folks that want to see more immigrant and disability representation!
Thank you @nataliasylv.bsky.social for writing!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it, thank you!
Heartbroken.
"When a human dies the soul moves through the universe trying to describe how a body trembles when it’s lost, softens when it’s safe, how a wound would heal given nothing but time.
I can’t imagine it, the stars say. Tell us again about goosebumps.
Tell us again about pain."
--Andrea Gibson, Tincture
Thank you my love ❤️
illustrated cover of No Way Never Sisters with purple background featuring a gold locket, which is open and heart-shaped, with a picture of a Latina girl on each side of the locket: one has curly brown hair and freckles, the other has dark brown hair in a side braid and brown eyes. One girl is frowning while the other rolls her eyes.
We have a cover! NO WAY NEVER SISTERS, the enemies-to-bffs/sisters MG novel I co-wrote with @chantelacevedo_author, is out 3/10 in hardcover & paperback! Illustrated by @solenedebies designed by Laura Lyn DiSiena. www.simonandschuster.com/books/No-Way... goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Juana is so wonderful. What lucky students to spend so much time together!
Y'all, Desiree knows what she's talking about, she has written a historical novel that is sadly prescient/timely.
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If any of these are your reps, please take 5 min today and call. Scripts and numbers at 5calls.org. Kill this absolute travesty of a bill.
"You cannot “opt out” of reality, no matter what today’s majority opinion states. These books belong on shelves and these stories belong in classrooms and curricula." 🔥🔥🔥
