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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass is a 2013 young adult novel by Cuban-American author Meg Medina.The book was first published in the United States on 26 March 2013 through Candlewick Press and is the winner of the 2013 Cybils Award and the 2014 Pura Belpré Award.
Merci Suárez Changes Gears is a 2018 children's book (based on a short story from Flying Lessons and Other Stories) written by Meg Medina. Mercedes "Merci" Suárez, the eponymous heroine, is a sixth grade scholarship student at an elite private school in South Florida. The novel details her struggles at school and home.
Burn Baby Burn is a 2016 young adult novel written by Cuban-American author Meg Medina.It was first published in March, 2016 through Candlewick Press and follows a young woman growing up during the summer of 1977, when the Son of Sam began targeting young women.
Meg Medina is an American children’s book author of Cuban descent whose books celebrate Latino culture and the lives of young people. She served as the 2023 – 2024 National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature . [ 2 ]
The U.S. Postal Service, which has lost more than $100 billion since 2007, reported a net loss of $9.5 billion for its fiscal year ending Sept. 30, $3 billion more than last year, largely due to a ...
Last Rumba in Havana is a novel by the Afro-Cuban dissident writer and journalist Fernando Velázquez Medina, [1] who was born in Havana in 1951. It was published in New York in December 2001 by the Hispanic newspaper chain Hoy LLC, and boasts a cover designed by the Colombian artist Juan Arango.
Hundreds of prisoners are helping to battle the wildfires in the Los Angeles area.. Incarcerated firefighters earn $26.90 to $34 for each 24-hour shift. It's far below California's minimum wage of ...
The Jewel of Medina is a historical novel by Sherry Jones that recounts the life of Aisha, one of Muhammad's wives, [1] from the age of six, when she was betrothed to Muhammad, to her death. [ 2 ] Although the novel was originally scheduled for release in 2008, the publication run was canceled by Random House due to concerns about possibly ...