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Creada en colaboración con el Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense del Smithsonian, la serie Nuestras Voces en español comparte historias latinas que inspiran. En 1940, Valentina, de once años, vive en El Paso, Texas, con su mamá, su papá y sus dos hermanos mayores, Hugo y Kiki. A Valentina le encanta leer y aprender, y tiene la esperanza de ir a la universidad y convertirse algún día en profesora y escritora. Su hermano Hugo iba a la universidad, pero ante la inminencia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y las ganas de Kiki de alistarse en el ejército, Hugo decide alistarse en la Guardia Nacional con Kiki. Para ayudar a su familia a superar los cambios que trajo la guerra, Valentina se hace cargo de muchas más tareas en la casa. Les escribe a sus hermanos, mantiene a sus padres al tanto de las noticias sobre la guerra y ayuda en el frente de batalla desde su casa, y todo por un país que no está muy segura de que acepte a las familias mexicano-estadounidenses como la suya. En formato de diario, la serie Nuestras Voces en español perfila personajes inspiradores y honra las alegrías, las dificultades y las victorias de las vidas latinas. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino stories. In 1940, eleven-year-old Valentina lives in El Paso, Texas, with her Mami, Papi, and two older brothers, Hugo and Kiki. Valentina loves reading and learning, and she hopes to go to college and become a teacher and writer someday. Her brother Hugo was in college, but with World War II looming--and Kiki eager to join the military--Hugo decides to join the National Guard with Kiki. Trying to help her family navigate wartime changes, Valentina takes on a lot more at home. She writes to her brothers, keeps her parents updated on news about the war, and helps with the war effort on the home front--all for a country she's not so sure accepts Mexican American families like her own. In diary format, the Nuestras Voces series profiles inspiring characters and honors the joys, challenges, and outcomes of Latino experiences.

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Claudia Oviedo writes for children under various names. Reading about different mythologies is a favorite pastime with her kids. Honors include: 2009 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, as well as the 2008 and 2015 Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book Award, and several starred reviews for her picture books. Juan Manuel Moreno grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a young boy, he was drawn to creating images. His first ""job"" was to color his newborn brother's head with bright felt pens! After studying graphic design, Juan lectured at the university and worked at various studios as an in-house illustrator for clients such as Warner, Disney, and Scholastic. In 2006, Juan and his wife, Patricia, settled in Barcelona, Spain, where he started his career as a freelance illustrator and continues to live today. His work appears in a number of magazines and books, including Cuentos Japoneses [Japanese Stories] and The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch.

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