Terrific Tuesday Newsday

Doret has a wonderful interview on Justine Larbalestier’s blog (Liar) about her passion for YA sports books.

W.A.R. continues, today with Brent Hartinger. Of course the author of Geography Club contributes to this important project! Geography Club probably makes the most profound statement about inclusion of any book I’ve ever read.

nonameI never talk about what’s in my mailbox (because there’s never much in my mailbox) BUT!!!I won a box from Carleen Brice!!  Yup, I got an I love Black Authors mug and a t-shirt from Stephen Carter’s Jericho’s Fall book tour. I get the shirt and mug, Carleen gets Jill Scott to star as Nona in the Lifetime movie version of Orange Mint and Honey! Life is good

My poor little contest isn’t doing too well. Remember, we’re looking for YA lit from or about countries in Latin America. So, how about a little jump star?

Daughters of the Stone (Puerto Rico) by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa “What 12-year-old Ana Rosa Hèrnandez wants more than anything is a notepad of her very own. Writing is her passion, and words flow out of her pencil onto the paper bags that Papi brings his rum home in, onto napkins, onto gray shop paper. In the República Dominicana, however, only the President can write books. But as Mami sighs and says, “Ana Rosa, there always has to be a first person to do something.” These supportive words are difficult for her mother to muster, as everyone on the island knows too well that writers do not have freedom of expression–and in their political climate “silence was self-defense.”

The color of my words (Dominican Republic) Lynn Joseph

The Disappeared (Argentina) Gloria Whelan: “A story set in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s. Despite its peaceful facade.  Told in alternating chapters by two teenage siblings, the novel relates how one young person decides to stand up for his political beliefs and ideals and ignores his parent’s cautions.”

Casa Azul: An encounter with Freida Kahlo (Mexico) by Laban Hill “Using the story of a country girl and her brother hunting for their mother in the maze of Mexico City in 1940 as a framework, Hill introduces the tempestuous life and art of Frida Kahlo, who befriends the children.“

Now, I’m going to start reading Pacific Crossing.

7 thoughts on “Terrific Tuesday Newsday”

  2. Congrats on the mug. I heard about Jill Scott starring in Orange Mint and Honey. That is huge. Very happy for Carleen. And I know there’s no singing in the novel but I have my fingers crossed that they will write in Scott singing a Nina Simone song.

    Edi, I thought you wanted our finds for the constest all together at once.
    Here is one now, its actually in my tbr pile

    Panama by Shelby Hiatt –

    She is fifteen, ready for something to happen. What happens in Panama. The U.S. goverment has asked her father to help build the canal. The whole family will go, be a part of this historical event. But Panama isn;t as she imagines. Americans live in the Zone, which has been designed to look and feel just like an American town
    (from the back of the book)

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  3. Edi, i’m a duh! with any book names from other countries. sorry. and the ones you mentioned sound great.

    You also won a book at BronzeWord Latino Authors for submitting a book review of a book by a Latina author. The prize book will be shipped to you soon.
    Thanks for this contest to raise awareness.
    Jo Ann Hernandez
    http://authorslatino.com/wordpress

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