Aida Salazar
Auteur de The Moon Within
Œuvres de Aida Salazar
Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors (2023) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
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Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, And Trying Again (2021) — Contributeur — 48 exemplaires
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don't skip the author's note at the end --- I loved that the author wrote this in response to her sons' asking for books about boys going through puberty (I can't think of any either but agree that there are likely even fewer featuring Black/brown boys). I don't always like books written in verse, but I liked this and found it effective as well as very appealing to its target audience. I can't speak for how well it captures that tumultuous time for 8th grade boys, but the potentially toxic group chats Elio shares with his male friends and classmates are definitely a real problem and a lot of things in this book could be helpful to a lot of kids who maybe don't already have adults/mentors who can help guide them.
Elio incidentally has synesthetia -- visions of color that he associates with emotions; love presents itself in a brilliant rainbow of colors, especially ultraviolet. I like that he gets to learn about his culture but updated with the wisdom of his mom (and what his father has learned in loving and respecting his mom), and I like that Elio has a lot of choices to make that he doesn't always get right.… (plus d'informations)