All of Meg’s books are available online and at major bookstores, but she encourages you to support your independent bookstores whenever possible.
New Release: The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind (Candlewick Press, 2012) YA
Sonia is a miner’s daughter in Tres Montes. Born under the most unusual circumstances, she’s believed to have special powers to heal and save But what if it’s all a lie? What is she willing to risk in order to have a future on her own terms?
“Imbued with just the right amount of magical realism and adventure with characters that readers will long remember after the last page. An empowering tale of truth and lies.”
Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ph.D,
School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alabama
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Tia Isa Wants a Car (June 2011, Candlewick Press)
Tía Isa wants a car. A shiny green car the same color as the ocean, with wings like a swooping bird. A car to take the whole family to the beach. But saving is hard when everything goes into two piles – one for here and one for Helping Money, so that family members who live far away might join them someday. While Tía Isa saves, her niece does odd jobs for neighbors so she can add her earnings to the stack. But even with her help, will they ever have enough? Meg Medina’s simple, genuine story about keeping in mind those who are far away is written in lovely, lyrical prose and brought to life through Claudio Muñoz’s charming characters.
Also available en español!
Praise for Tía Isa...
winner, Ezra Jack Keats New Writers Award 2012
Junior Library Guild Selection Spring 2011
Highly Commended Books 2012 Charlotte Zolotow Prize Committee
Amelia Bloomer Project List 2012
Publisher’s Weekly review April 25, 2011
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Milagros: Girl from Away (2008, Christy Ottaviano Books: Henry Holt & Co, Books for Young Readers)
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Milagros de le Torre hasn’t had an easy life: ever since her father sailed away with pirates she’s been teased at school and there’s the constant struggle for her family to make ends meet. Still, Milagros loves her small island in the Caribbean, and she finds comfort in those who recognize her special gifts. But everything changes when marauders destroy Milagros’s island and with it most of the inhabitants. Milagros manages to escape in a rowboat where she drifts out to sea with no direction, save for the mysterious manta rays that guide her to land. In stunning prose,Meg Medina creates a fantastical world in which a young girl uncovers the true meaning of family, the significance of identity, and, most important, the power of a mother’s love.
Read an excerpt of Milagros here.
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great looking website, books look interesting too. might have to get one of my daughters a read. i trust you can sign them too?