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La Formacin de Yolanda La Bruja: (The Making of Yolanda La Bruja Spanish Edition)
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de la interseccin de la raza, la justicia, la educacin y la espiritualidad que cautivar a los lectores en todas partes. RECONOCIMIENTO ★ "Un retrato ntidamente representado... No se pueden perder el impactante debut de vila". --Booklist (resea estelar) ★ "Desvergonzadamente poltico... Un debut notable y bellamente elaborado". --Kirkus (resea estelar) ★ "Lleno de suspenso... Una protagonista audazmente caracterizada cuyas identidades interseccionales como una persona de color queer y sorda informan su voz narrativa aguda y su conviccin sobre la lucha contra el racismo dentro de su comunidad". --Publishers Weekly (resea estelar) ★ "vila construye un personaje multidimensional con Yoyo... y le da un mundo completo y natural para habitar, entretejiendo espaol y una dinmica familiar maravillosamente compleja... Yoyo sabe que debe ser 'mgica' para sobrevivir, y lo es". --Shelf Awareness (resea estelar) "Impresionante y urgente. [vila] aborda el racismo, la violencia y la injusticia con una mezcla de magia, espiritualidad y cuidado que pocos han intentado, y lo hace con xito cautivador". --Ms. Magazine "Explora la violencia armada, la raza, la justicia, la educacin y la espiritualidad, que sostiene este libro como un dosel, que encierra y expone capas de negritud y el crecimiento y el sentido de pertenencia que la comunidad puede brindar". --Al Da "Una historia necesaria sobre la violencia armada, la raza y la educacin". --Refinery29 "Fascinante... representa con destreza la realidad de crecer como una adolescente latinx negra en medio de la violencia racial y la agitacin social... vila demuestra cuidadosamente la tremenda fuerza en la comunidad de Yolanda y las races profundas de su vida espiritual, que la mantienen arraigada a medida que profundiza en todos sus poderes". --Horn Book *** Elizabeth Acevedo has said that reading Lorraine Avila feels like an "UPPERCUT to the senses." You've never encountered an author with prose of this sensitivity and fire. Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She's starting to feel at home at Julia De Burgos High, her school in the Bronx. She has her best friend Victory, and maybe something with Jos, a senior boy she's getting to know. She's confident her initiation into her family's bruja tradition will happen soon. But then a white boy, the son of a politician, appears at Julia De Burgos High, and his vibes are off. And Yolanda's initiation begins with a series of troubling visions of the violence this boy threatens. How can Yolanda protect her community, in a world that doesn't listen? Only with the wisdom and love of her family, friends, and community - and the Bruja Diosas, her ancestors and guides. The Making of Yolanda la Bruja is the book this country, struggling with the plague of gun violence, so desperately needs, but which few could write. Here Lorraine Avila brings a story born from the intersection of race, justice, education, and spirituality that will capture readers everywhere. P R A I S E Common Sense Media Selection for Teens ★ "Inspiring... full of heart and spirituality."
--Shelf-Awareness (starred) ★ "A sharply rendered portrait...Avila's striking debut is not to be missed."
--Booklist (starred) ★ "Unabashedly political...A remarkable, beautifully rendered debut."
--Kirkus (starred) ★ "Suspenseful...A boldly characterized protagonist whose intersectional identities as a queer and Deaf person of color informs her sharp-witted narrative voice and conviction around combatting racism within her community."
--Publishers Weekly (starred) "Impressive and urgent. [Avila] takes on racism, violence and injustice with a mix of magic, spirituality and care that few have attempted--and she's captivatingly successful."
--Ms. Magazine "Explores gun violence, race, justice, education, and spirituality, which holds this book like a canopy, enclosing and exposing layers of Blackness and the growth and sense of belonging community can provide."
--Al Dia "A necessary story about gun violence, race, and education."
--Refinery29 "Gripping...skillfully depicts the reality of growing up as a Black Latinx teen in the midst of racial violence and social upheaval... Avila carefully demonstrates the tremendous strength in Yolanda's community and the deep roots of her spiritual life, which keep her grounded as she steps into her full power."
--Horn Book
de la interseccin de la raza, la justicia, la educacin y la espiritualidad que cautivar a los lectores en todas partes. RECONOCIMIENTO ★ "Un retrato ntidamente representado... No se pueden perder el impactante debut de vila". --Booklist (resea estelar) ★ "Desvergonzadamente poltico... Un debut notable y bellamente elaborado". --Kirkus (resea estelar) ★ "Lleno de suspenso... Una protagonista audazmente caracterizada cuyas identidades interseccionales como una persona de color queer y sorda informan su voz narrativa aguda y su conviccin sobre la lucha contra el racismo dentro de su comunidad". --Publishers Weekly (resea estelar) ★ "vila construye un personaje multidimensional con Yoyo... y le da un mundo completo y natural para habitar, entretejiendo espaol y una dinmica familiar maravillosamente compleja... Yoyo sabe que debe ser 'mgica' para sobrevivir, y lo es". --Shelf Awareness (resea estelar) "Impresionante y urgente. [vila] aborda el racismo, la violencia y la injusticia con una mezcla de magia, espiritualidad y cuidado que pocos han intentado, y lo hace con xito cautivador". --Ms. Magazine "Explora la violencia armada, la raza, la justicia, la educacin y la espiritualidad, que sostiene este libro como un dosel, que encierra y expone capas de negritud y el crecimiento y el sentido de pertenencia que la comunidad puede brindar". --Al Da "Una historia necesaria sobre la violencia armada, la raza y la educacin". --Refinery29 "Fascinante... representa con destreza la realidad de crecer como una adolescente latinx negra en medio de la violencia racial y la agitacin social... vila demuestra cuidadosamente la tremenda fuerza en la comunidad de Yolanda y las races profundas de su vida espiritual, que la mantienen arraigada a medida que profundiza en todos sus poderes". --Horn Book *** Elizabeth Acevedo has said that reading Lorraine Avila feels like an "UPPERCUT to the senses." You've never encountered an author with prose of this sensitivity and fire. Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She's starting to feel at home at Julia De Burgos High, her school in the Bronx. She has her best friend Victory, and maybe something with Jos, a senior boy she's getting to know. She's confident her initiation into her family's bruja tradition will happen soon. But then a white boy, the son of a politician, appears at Julia De Burgos High, and his vibes are off. And Yolanda's initiation begins with a series of troubling visions of the violence this boy threatens. How can Yolanda protect her community, in a world that doesn't listen? Only with the wisdom and love of her family, friends, and community - and the Bruja Diosas, her ancestors and guides. The Making of Yolanda la Bruja is the book this country, struggling with the plague of gun violence, so desperately needs, but which few could write. Here Lorraine Avila brings a story born from the intersection of race, justice, education, and spirituality that will capture readers everywhere. P R A I S E Common Sense Media Selection for Teens ★ "Inspiring... full of heart and spirituality."
--Shelf-Awareness (starred) ★ "A sharply rendered portrait...Avila's striking debut is not to be missed."
--Booklist (starred) ★ "Unabashedly political...A remarkable, beautifully rendered debut."
--Kirkus (starred) ★ "Suspenseful...A boldly characterized protagonist whose intersectional identities as a queer and Deaf person of color informs her sharp-witted narrative voice and conviction around combatting racism within her community."
--Publishers Weekly (starred) "Impressive and urgent. [Avila] takes on racism, violence and injustice with a mix of magic, spirituality and care that few have attempted--and she's captivatingly successful."
--Ms. Magazine "Explores gun violence, race, justice, education, and spirituality, which holds this book like a canopy, enclosing and exposing layers of Blackness and the growth and sense of belonging community can provide."
--Al Dia "A necessary story about gun violence, race, and education."
--Refinery29 "Gripping...skillfully depicts the reality of growing up as a Black Latinx teen in the midst of racial violence and social upheaval... Avila carefully demonstrates the tremendous strength in Yolanda's community and the deep roots of her spiritual life, which keep her grounded as she steps into her full power."
--Horn Book
Paperback
$12.99