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Meg Medina

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Meg Medina is the current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. She is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction. Her works have been called “heartbreaking,” “lyrical” and “must haves for every collection.” Her books include the Suárez family trilogy including Merci Suárez Changes Gears, 2019 John Newbery Medal winner, and 2019 Charlotte Huck Honor Book; Merci Suárez Can’t Dance, one of the 50 most anticipated novels of 2021, according to Kirkus; and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool, which was named a Best Book of 2022 by PARENTS, Kirkus, and The Horn Book magazines. She is a two-time winner of the Pura Belpré award, in 2016 (honor) for her picture ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 37,907 ratings · 6,810 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass 3.90 avg rating — 10,252 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Changes Gears 4.20 avg rating — 8,024 ratings — published 2018 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burn Baby Burn 3.80 avg rating — 4,975 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Sonia Sanchez (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 1,885 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Angela Dominguez (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 1,913 ratings — published 2015 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind 3.40 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Claudio Muñoz (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Can't Dance 4.31 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Plays It Cool 4.35 avg rating — 239 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How to Love a Country

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Too Bright to See

by Kyle Lukoff

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Omar Rising

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Meg Medina answered Megan Hughes's question: I fell in love with your writing after reading Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass. Any chance for a seqel? No sequel, but the novel will come out in graphic novel format in September 2023. Mel Valentine has done the adaptation, and it's wonderful. Hard to believe that the novel is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023.
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“Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.”
― Meg Medina, The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

tags: advice, being-yourself, life, people

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“You never forget the books you loved as a kid. You never forget the poems you memorized, the first book you read until the cover fell off, the book you read hidden from your mother. What an honor to hold hands with a child's imagination in this way.”
― Meg Medina

tags: books, reading

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“Sometimes it's hard to wait for good things to happen. - Tia Isa”
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What book should we read in November?

We have read a lot of fantastic books this year, but did we miss your favorite 2019 Newbery Contender? Please "write in" your choice for the November book of the month.

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

44 votes, 29.1%

The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair by Amy Makechnie

22 votes, 14.6%

Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (write-in)

17 votes, 11.3%

The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman

15 votes, 9.9%

The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (write-in)

13 votes, 8.6%

THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY MASON BUTTLE by Leslie Connor (write-in)

8 votes, 5.3%

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

5 votes, 3.3%

Echo’s Sister by Paul Moser (write-in)

5 votes, 3.3%

the book of boy by catherine gilbert murdock (write-in)

5 votes, 3.3%

Other Wood by Pete Hautman (write-in)

4 votes, 2.6%

Harbor Me (write-in)

3 votes, 2.0%

Resistance by Jennifer A Nielsen (write-in)

3 votes, 2.0%

The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair (write-in)

2 votes, 1.3%

Squint by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown (write-in)

2 votes, 1.3%

The Season of Styx Malone (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

The Prophet Calls by Melanie Sumrow (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings by Francie Latour (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

151 total votes

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Meg’s Quotes

“Mami says feelings are tricky, because sometimes they get disguised.”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“...popular is even weirder. Turns out, it's not the same thing as having friends at all" -Merci”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“Cruz has never been my favorite person, I'll give you that. But an enemy? There's no sense i having those if we can help it" -Papi”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“I don't know what is going to happen next year, no one does. But that's OK.
I can handle it, I decide. It's just a harder gear, and I am ready. All I have to do is take a deep breath and ride.”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“I’ve been thinking lately that growing up is like walking through glass doors that only open one way — you can see where you came from but can’t go back. That’s how it is for me, anyway.”
― Meg Medina, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

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