Aida Salazar

Gebundenes Buch

Ultraviolet

Beschreibung

Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man," a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity. Told in verse format.

Autor

Aida Salazar is an award-winning author and arts activist whose writings for adults and children explore issues of identity and social justice. She is the author of the middle-grade verse novels The Moon Within (International Latino Book Award Winner), Land of the Cranes (Amricas Award Winner), the picture book anthology, In the Spirit of a Dream, and the picture book biography Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter. She is a founding member of Las Musas, a Latinx kidlit debut author collective. Her short story "By the Light of the Moon" was adapted into a ballet production by the Sonoma Conservatory of Dance and is the first Xicana-themed ballet in history. She lives with her family of artists in Oakland, California.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholastic Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: 13 bis 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 146mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781338775655
• ISBN-10: 1338775650
• Artikelnr.: 67785636