From: Margaret Medina <meg6000_at_aol.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:32:46 -0500

Debbie Reese makes a good recommendation regarding the PBS documentary. I would encourage you to google the Librotraficante movement if you are unfamiliar and see how Latino authors have been responding to efforts to remove their work from libraries and schools. YA author Matt De La Pena's book is among the ones targeted, and he speaks really eloquently of the experience of having his books removed from a school. In a nutshell: We want books by Latinos but we fear books that discuss the true complexities of life as Latinos.

Meg Medina www.megmedina.com www.girlsofsummerlist.wordpress.com twitter.com/Meg_Medina

Milagros: Girl From Away (Christy Ottaviano Books: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers) Tнa Isa Wants a Car (Candlewick Press) The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind (Candlewick Press; Walker Books pbk) Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass (March 2013, Candlewick)
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