By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we're pleased to welcome Aaron H. Aceves back to the WNDB blog to discuss YA novel This Is Why They Hate Us, out August 23, 2022! Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. Never … [Read more...] about Q&A With Aaron H. Aceves, This Is Why They Hate Us
Chicane/Mexican American author
Q&A With Erika L. Sánchez, Crying in the Bathroom
By Nawal Qarooni Erika L. Sánchez is the best-selling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. We connected this week to chat about her latest collection of honest and humorous essays gathered as an adult memoir titled Crying in the Bathroom, which comes out July 12th. The pieces range … [Read more...] about Q&A With Erika L. Sánchez, Crying in the Bathroom
Q&A With Monica Zepeda, Boys of the Beast
By Paola M. Today we're pleased to welcome Monica Zepeda to the WNDB blog to discuss young adult novel Boys of the Beast, out April 12, 2022! THE ROUTE. Seventeen hundred miles from Portland, Oregon, to Albuquerque, New Mexico. THE BEAST. Grandma Lupe's 1988 Ford Thunderbird Turbo … [Read more...] about Q&A With Monica Zepeda, Boys of the Beast
Q&A With Laekan Zea Kemp, Heartbreak Symphony
By Michelle Kirichanskaya Today we're pleased to welcome Laekan Zea Kemp to the WNDB blog to discuss young adult novel Heartbreak Symphony, out today, April 5, 2022! Aarón Medrano has been haunted by the onstage persona of his favorite DJ ever since his mother passed away. He seems to know all … [Read more...] about Q&A With Laekan Zea Kemp, Heartbreak Symphony
Cover Reveal for A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar
Today we're excited to reveal the cover for A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar! The cover was illustrated by Karina Perez and designed by Jessica Jenkins. The book will be released on October 25, 2022 by Dial Books. Preorder it here, here, here, or here. A farm working girl with big dreams meets … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar
Lessons From a Teen Book Club and a Girl Named Angie
Fat Angie: Homecoming is out now. By e.E. Charlton-Trujillo About a year after publishing Fat Angie—the first book in my ALA-winning series—I visited an Illinois high school book club. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with book clubs. Most of the students I met in traditional and alternative … [Read more...] about Lessons From a Teen Book Club and a Girl Named Angie
I Wrote My Novel so Queer Mexican American Teens Could See Themselves
Fifteen Hundred Miles From the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa is on sale now. By Jonny Garza Villa The very first words you’ll read when you open my book (besides the title page) is, like in any book, the dedication— To all the queer brown boys still waiting for their chance to … [Read more...] about I Wrote My Novel so Queer Mexican American Teens Could See Themselves
