Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth (Bilingual) (Shout Mouse Press Young Adult Books) (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Writers, Latin American Youth Center

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945434929 ISBN 13: 9781945434921

Publisher: Shout Mouse Press, Inc., 2018

Synopsis

NEW EDITION with a Foreword by award-winning author Meg Medina.
“What they have achieved in these pages is exactly what every artist aspires to do: to be fearless in laying bare the unvarnished and uncomfortable truths about our experiences as people.” –Meg Medina, award-winning author of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

During a time of heated immigration debate and unrest, this book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headlines but whose stories don’t get told in full. Sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) in Washington, D.C. came together to tell their own stories of immigration and transformation in comics form. The result is this side-by-side bilingual collection of graphic memoirs that not only builds connections across language, but also breaks down barriers and expands hope.
The authors of this collection are members of the Latino Youth Leadership Council of the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, DC. This group of teen immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean are dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding and social justice in their community. The book was produced through a collaboration with Shout Mouse Press, a nonprofit writing program and publishing house for unheard voices. Learn more at shoutmousepress.org
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En tiempos de inquietud y acalorados debates sobre la inmigración, este libro representa una oportunidad para escuchar directamente a los jóvenes quienes suelen ocupar los titulares en la prensa, pero cuyas historias no se alcanzan a narrar por completo. Dieciséis jóvenes del Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) en Washington, D.C. se unieron para contar sus propias historias de inmigración y de transformación en formato de cómic. El resultado es esta colección de memorias gráficas bilingüe, que no sólo construye conexiones entre los idiomas, sino que también elimina barreras y abre un espacio a la esperanza.

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The authors of this collection are members of the Latino Youth Leadership Council of the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, DC. This group of teen immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean are dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding and social justice in their community. The book was produced through a collaboration with Shout Mouse Press, a nonprofit writing program and publishing house for unheard voices. Learn more at shoutmousepress.org Meg Medina is the Pura Belpré Award-winning author of numerous works for children and teens. An advocate for Latinx readers and writers of every age, her work examines how cultures intersect, as seen through the eyes of young people. Her most recent novel is Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She lives in Richmond Virginia.

Review

"Courage is what strikes me most about this collection of artwork and writing... These young authors - and the thousands like them who are caught in this crisis - offer us their honesty to help us understand more fully what is at stake. I applaud their courage. I celebrate their resilience. I am, in fact, in awe of all that they are. And I am proud to stand with them." -- Meg Medina

About this edition

• Publisher: Shout Mouse Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1945434929
• ISBN 13: 9781945434921
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320