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The story of my anger

Yulieta Lopez, a Dominican Texas teen tired of racism and censorship, starts a guerrilla theatre club with her friends as she finds her voice and the courage to stand up for what she believes in.

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Main Author: MeĢndez, Jasminne (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dial Books, [2025]
Subjects:
Social action > Young adult fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Young adult fiction.
Clubs > Young adult fiction.
Censorship > Young adult fiction.
Texas > Young adult fiction.
Theater > Young adult fiction.
Dominican Americans > Young adult fiction.
Self-actualization > Young adult fiction.
Social problem fiction > Young adult.
School fiction > Young adult.
Novels in verse > Young adult.
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Summary:Yulieta Lopez, a Dominican Texas teen tired of racism and censorship, starts a guerrilla theatre club with her friends as she finds her voice and the courage to stand up for what she believes in.
Physical Description:328 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:Ages 12 years and up
ISBN:9780593531877
0593531876
Author Notes:Jasminne Mendez is two-time Pura Belpre Honor Award recipient and a Dominican-American poet, playwright and author of several books for children and adults. She is also a poet, playwright, translator, and professional audiobook narrator. Her book Aniana del Mar Jumps In (Dial), a novel in verse about a young girl diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews , Publishers Weekly , School Library Journal and others. Her YA memoir, Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American (Arte Poblico Press) and her debut poetry collection, City Without Altar (Noemi Press), were recently recognized with honors and awards by the Texas Institute of Letters and her debut picture book Josefina's Habichuelas (Arte Poblico Press) was the 2022 Writer's League of Texas Children's Book Discovery Prize Winner. She has translated Amanda Gorman's best-selling picture books Change Sings ( La canci n del cambio) and Something, Someday (Algo, algon dia) , the best selling picture book The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (El proyecto 1619: Nacieron sobre el agua) by Nikole Hannah Jones and Renee Watson and the Pura Belpre Award Winning graphic novel Frizzy ( Rizos ) by Claribel Ortega.

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