And while efforts to ban books for sexual content, vulgar language, non-Christian teachings, and other reasons are nothing new, the precipitous uptick is an especially chilling twist in a country that 62.1 million Latinxs call home. I want to tap into books and stories as part of everyday life, with all of us coming to the table to share the tales that speak to us and that broaden our understanding of one another.”Ĭalls to challenge "offensive" books in 2021 will likely have doubled the number of reports from 2020, according to the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom. “More than anything, I want to make reading and story-sharing something that happens beyond classroom and library walls. Merci Surez Changes Gears by Meg Medina Share Grades: 4 - 7 Ages: 10 - 13 Award: Newbery Medal Format: Hardcover Book 5.0 (1) Write a review Short Summary Mean girls, crushes, and challenges at home mean lots of middle school drama for Merci in this wise and funny coming-of-age novel. “It’s an enormous honor to advocate for the reading and writing lives of our nation’s children and families,” Medina said in a statement issued by the Library of Congress.
She is also a champion of diverse books and won the Newbery Medal in 2019 for her middle grade novel Merci Suárez Changes Gears. Medina, who is of Cuban descent, is the first Latinx ambassador in the history of the program, following in the footsteps of authors like Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, and Jacqueline Woodson. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets.In January 2023, the Library of Congress named Meg Medina the new national ambassador for young people's literature. So with the help of Brandon Jones, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues in the letter. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. But the letter describes a young woman named Siobhan Washington. Lolo and Abuela were one of the first waves of Cubans who immigrated to south Florida and now they are the heads of a family that includes two children and four. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. Her protagonist Merci Suarez is how Suarez saw herself at the center of one these families, surrounded by grandparents and cousins from both sides of the families. When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. The Westing Game meets The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 in a stirring mystery of past and present, as two kids search for a place in their families, city, and country.
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