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La historia de mi furia / Jasminne Mendez ; traducido por Keyla Medina Rosa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Méndez, Jasminne, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Story of my anger. Spanish
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Social action--Fiction.
- Social action.
- Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Clubs--Fiction.
- Clubs.
- Censorship--Fiction.
- Censorship.
- Theater--Fiction.
- Theater.
- Dominican Americans--Fiction.
- Dominican Americans.
- Texas--Fiction.
- Texas.
- Young adult fiction.
- Genre:
- School fiction.
- Social problem fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels in verse.
- Physical Description:
- 342 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Primera edición.
- Other Title:
- La historia de mi furia
- Place of Publication:
- Miami : Vintage Español, [2025]
- Language Note:
- Text in Spanish, translated from the English = Texto en español, traducido del inglés.
- Summary:
- Esta poderosa historia en verso gira en torno a una adolescente texana que lucha contra el racismo en su clase de teatro y contra los intentos de censura literaria por parte de la junta escolar. Se trata del debut en la literatura juvenil de Jasminne Mendez, galardonada con el Premio de Honor Pura Belpré por su novela Aniana del Mar se avienta. Yulieta López está furiosa. Furiosa con su profesora de teatro que se niega a elegir estudiantes negros para los papeles protagónicos. Furiosa con la junta escolar, que amenaza a su profesor favorito por enseñar obras literarias que consideran "controvertidas". Furiosa porque debe guardar silencio hasta irse a la universidad y dejar Texas para siempre. Yuli está acostumbrada a interpretar varios papeles: la chica estudiosa, la hija honorable, la niña buena que sirve a todos los demás antes que a sí misma. Pero conforme el fuego de su indignación se propaga y la ilumina, Yuli no puede callar. Decidida a encontrar una forma de resistir, ella y sus amistades más cercanas fundan un club de teatro guerrillero que agita las aguas de la escuela y hace que se empiece a hablar de los temas realmente importantes. Yuli asume, por fin, el papel que siempre estuvo destinada a interpretar.
- This powerful story in verse centers on a teenage girl from Texas who battles racism in her theater class and attempts at literary censorship by the school board. It marks the young adult debut of Jasminne Mendez, a Pura Belpré Honor winner for her novel *Aniana del Mar se avienta*. Yulieta Lopez is angry. Angry at her racist drama teacher who refuses to cast Black students in lead roles. Angry at the school board threatening her favorite teacher for teaching works of literature that they deem "controversial." Angry that she has to keep quiet until she can head to college and leave Texas forever. Yuli is accustomed to playing various roles: the diligent daughter, the honorable hija, the good girl who serves everyone else before serving herself. But as the fire of Yuli's rage spreads and lights her up, she can no longer be silent. Determined to find a way to fight back, Yuli and her friends start a guerilla theatre club which stirs things up and gets people talking, and finally, Yuli steps into the role she was always meant to play.
- Notes:
- Translation of: The Story of My Anger.
- ISBN:
- 9798890984548
- OCLC:
- 1554764702
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