Natalia Sylvester
1) Running
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"When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching"--
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"Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Verónica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with Alex,...
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When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching.
In this authentic, humorous, and gorgeously written debut novel about privacy, waking up, and speaking up, Senator Anthony Ruiz is running for president. Throughout his successful political career,...
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Todo el mundo sabe que vuelves a casa es una historia, o un entramado de historias, acerca de las fronteras: entre México y Estados Unidos, entre el pasado y el presente, entre la esperanza y la desesperación, entre el amor y el desamor, entre la vida y la muerte, entre la realidad y la ficción. Sylvester nos regala una saga familiar que es a la vez épica e íntima, un inolvidable relato del ilimitado poder del amor y la redención. Con gran destreza...
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Han pasado varios años desde la última visita de su abuela, y Dulce goza cada detalle, desde sus maletas llenas de caramelos y regalos de sus primos hasta el aroma dulce y terroso de Perú que sale flotando de la habitación de la abuela por el pasillo. Pero la visita no durará para siempre, y demasiado pronto, su abuela vuelve a hacer las maletas. Entonces Dulce tiene una gran idea: Quizás haya cosas que les puede mandar a sus primos con su abuela...
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It's been three years since Abuela's last visit, and Dulce revels in every tiny detail-from Abuela's maletas full of candies in crinkly wrappers and gifts from primos to the sweet, earthy smell of Peru that floats out of Abuela's room and down the hall. But Abuela's visit can't last forever, and all too soon she's packing her suitcases again. Then Dulce has an idea: maybe there are things she can gather for her cousins and send with Abuela to remind...
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[2020]
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From rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the search for belonging crosses borders and generations. Selected from the archives of Catapult magazine, these essays highlight the human side of immigration policies and polarized rhetoric, as twenty writers share provocative personal stories of existing between languages and cultures.