La Formaci�n de Yolanda La Bruja: (The Making of Yolanda La Bruja Spanish Edition)

Author:   Lorraine Avila ,  Mechi Anna�s Est�vez Cruz
Publisher:   Levine Querido
ISBN:  

9781646142781


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   06 February 2024
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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La Formaci�n de Yolanda La Bruja: (The Making of Yolanda La Bruja Spanish Edition)


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"Elizabeth Acevedo ha dicho que leer a Lorraine �vila se siente como un ""UPPERCUT a los sentidos"". Nunca te has encontrado con un autor con una prosa de esta sensibilidad y fuego. Yolanda �lvarez est� teniendo un buen a�o. Comienza a sentirse como en casa en la Secundaria Julia De Burgos, su escuela en el Bronx. Tiene a su mejor amiga Victory, y tal vez algo con Jos�, un jevito de �ltimo a�o que est� conociendo mejor. Conf�a en que su iniciaci�n en la tradici�n de brujas de su familia suceder� pronto. Pero mientras tanto, un muchacho blanco, hijo de un pol�tico, aparece en la Secundaria Julia De Burgos y su energ�a es rar�sima. Y la iniciaci�n de Yolanda comienza con una serie de inquietantes visiones que revelan una amenaza de violencia por parte de este muchacho. �C�mo puede Yolanda proteger a su comunidad en un mundo que no la escucha? Solo con la sabidur�a y el amor de su familia, amigos y comunidad (y las Bruja Diosas, sus ancestros y gu�as). La formaci�n de Yolanda la bruja es el libro que este pa�s, que lucha contra la plaga de la violencia armada, necesita desesperadamente, pero que pocos podr�an escribir. Aqu� Lorraine �vila nos trae una historia nacida de la intersecci�n de la raza, la justicia, la educaci�n y la espiritualidad que cautivar� a los lectores en todas partes. RECONOCIMIENTO ★ ""Un retrato n�tidamente representado... No se pueden perder el impactante debut de �vila"". --Booklist (rese�a estelar) ★ ""Desvergonzadamente pol�tico... Un debut notable y bellamente elaborado"". --Kirkus (rese�a estelar) ★ ""Lleno de suspenso... Una protagonista audazmente caracterizada cuyas identidades interseccionales como una persona de color queer y sorda informan su voz narrativa aguda y su convicci�n sobre la lucha contra el racismo dentro de su comunidad"". --Publishers Weekly (rese�a estelar) ★ ""�vila construye un personaje multidimensional con Yoyo... y le da un mundo completo y natural para habitar, entretejiendo espa�ol y una din�mica familiar maravillosamente compleja... Yoyo sabe que debe ser 'm�gica' para sobrevivir, y lo es"". --Shelf Awareness (rese�a estelar) ""Impresionante y urgente. [�vila] aborda el racismo, la violencia y la injusticia con una mezcla de magia, espiritualidad y cuidado que pocos han intentado, y lo hace con �xito cautivador"". --Ms. Magazine ""Explora la violencia armada, la raza, la justicia, la educaci�n y la espiritualidad, que sostiene este libro como un dosel, que encierra y expone capas de negritud y el crecimiento y el sentido de pertenencia que la comunidad puede brindar"". --Al D�a ""Una historia necesaria sobre la violencia armada, la raza y la educaci�n"". --Refinery29 ""Fascinante... representa con destreza la realidad de crecer como una adolescente latinx negra en medio de la violencia racial y la agitaci�n social... �vila demuestra cuidadosamente la tremenda fuerza en la comunidad de Yolanda y las ra�ces profundas de su vida espiritual, que la mantienen arraigada a medida que profundiza en todos sus poderes"". --Horn Book *** Elizabeth Acevedo has said that reading Lorraine Avila feels like an ""UPPERCUT to the senses."" You've never encountered an author with prose of this sensitivity and fire. Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She's starting to feel at home at Julia De Burgos High, her school in the Bronx. She has her best friend Victory, and maybe something with Jos�, a senior boy she's getting to know. She's confident her initiation into her family's bruja tradition will happen soon. But then a white boy, the son of a politician, appears at Julia De Burgos High, and his vibes are off. And Yolanda's initiation begins with a series of troubling visions of the violence this boy threatens. How can Yolanda protect her community, in a world that doesn't listen? Only with the wisdom and love of her family, friends, and community - and the Bruja Diosas, her ancestors and guides. The Making of Yolanda la Bruja is the book this country, struggling with the plague of gun violence, so desperately needs, but which few could write. Here Lorraine Avila brings a story born from the intersection of race, justice, education, and spirituality that will capture readers everywhere. P R A I S E Common Sense Media Selection for Teens ★ ""Inspiring... full of heart and spirituality."" --Shelf-Awareness (starred) ★ ""A sharply rendered portrait...Avila's striking debut is not to be missed."" --Booklist (starred) ★ ""Unabashedly political...A remarkable, beautifully rendered debut."" --Kirkus (starred) ★ ""Suspenseful...A boldly characterized protagonist whose intersectional identities as a queer and Deaf person of color informs her sharp-witted narrative voice and conviction around combatting racism within her community."" --Publishers Weekly (starred) ""Impressive and urgent. [Avila] takes on racism, violence and injustice with a mix of magic, spirituality and care that few have attempted--and she's captivatingly successful."" --Ms. Magazine ""Explores gun violence, race, justice, education, and spirituality, which holds this book like a canopy, enclosing and exposing layers of Blackness and the growth and sense of belonging community can provide."" --Al Dia ""A necessary story about gun violence, race, and education."" --Refinery29 ""Gripping...skillfully depicts the reality of growing up as a Black Latinx teen in the midst of racial violence and social upheaval... Avila carefully demonstrates the tremendous strength in Yolanda's community and the deep roots of her spiritual life, which keep her grounded as she steps into her full power."" --Horn Book"

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Author:   Lorraine Avila ,  Mechi Anna�s Est�vez Cruz
Publisher:   Levine Querido
Imprint:   Levine Querido
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781646142781


ISBN 10:   1646142780
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   06 February 2024
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 18 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.
Language:   Spanish

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Lorraine �vila (Ella/elle) es una cuentista dominicana-estadounidense de primera generaci�n. Naci� y se crio en el Bronx, NY. �vila fue educadora de K-12 por una d�cada. Tiene una licenciatura en ingl�s de la Universidad de Fordham, una maestr�a en ense�anza de la Universidad de Nueva York y una maestr�a en bellas artes de la Universidad de Pittsburgh. La formaci�n de Yolanda la bruja es su debut en literatura juvenil. Lorraine Avila (she/they) is a storyteller. She was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, and is a first generation Dominican-American. Avila spent a decade as an educator in the K-12 education system. She has a BA from Fordham University in English, an MA in Teaching from New York University, and an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. The Making of Yolanda La Bruja / La formaci�n de Yolanda la bruja is her YA debut. Mechi Anna�s Est�vez Cruz (ella/elle) es una escritora, trabajadora espiritual y activista dominicana de tercera generaci�n de Washington Heights. Su objetivo principal es elevar los relatos, sabidur�a, ceremonia, e historia afroind�gena a trav�s de narrativas y organizaci�n comunitaria desde su hogar en Saman�, Rep�blica Dominicana. El trabajo de Mechi est� enraizado en - y posible gracias a - m�s de una d�cada de estudios y relaciones con sus ancianos/ mayores, miembros de la comunidad, y la misma tierra de Ayit�. Mechi Anna�s Est�vez Cruz (they/them) is a Dominican writer, spiritual worker, and third-generation activist from Washington Heights. Their primary focus is elevating afroindigenous stories, wisdom, ceremony, and history through storytelling and community organizing from their home in Saman�, Dominican Republic. Mechi's work is rooted in and possible thanks to over a decade of continuous study and relationship-building with their elders, community members, and the land of Ayiti herself.

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