Rigoberto González’s[1] The Mariposa Club (2009) is the first novel in a three part series followed by Mariposa Gown (2012) and Mariposa U (forthcoming 2014). The series stands out as the first of its kind because it’s the first to center queer Latino youth characters. The series is a part of a growing genealogy of … Continue reading Resilient Butterflies: On Rigoberto Gonzalez’s The Mariposa Club
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Gabi: A Girl in Pieces Review
Isabel Quintero’s debut YA novel, Gabi: A Girl in Pieces, is witty, exciting, and heart-felt. Through a diary entry narrative, the novel follows Gabi Hernandez through her senior year in high school. Gabi is a self-identified light skinned fat Mexican with an insatiable appetite for hot wings, tacos, sopes, and poetry. The novel opens with … Continue reading Gabi: A Girl in Pieces Review
Last Night I Sang to the Monster Review
Benjamin Alire Saenz’s Last Night I Sang to the Monster (2009) is a powerful and heart wrenching story of a young man’s encounter with trauma and violence and his journey toward healing. Eighteen year old Zach wakes up in a rehabilitation center far from his home in El Paso, TX for what he think is … Continue reading Last Night I Sang to the Monster Review
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano Review
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano(2012) by Sonia Manzano opens with a frustrated fourteen year old Evelyn getting ready for her summer job at the Five-and-Dime. Her desire to fit in to American society and distance herself from her Puerto Rican heritage is disrupted when her Abuela comes to stay with them. Abuela’s orange hair and … Continue reading The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano Review
Moony Luna Luna, Linita, Lunera Review
Five year old Luna Lunita Lunera fears that she will meet monsters on her first day of school. Her adoring parents remind her that she is a big girl now, bigger than the moon, and that there is nothing to fear. She finds the courage she needs to get to school but decides that maybe … Continue reading Moony Luna Luna, Linita, Lunera Review
Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez 