{"title":"Meg Medina","description":"Meg Medina is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal winner and Kirkus Prize finalist Merci Suárez Changes Gears, as well as its sequels, Merci Suárez Can't Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool. She is the author of the young adult novels Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award, short-listed for the Kirkus Prize, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, winner of a Pura Belpré Author Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. Her picture books include No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittney Cicchese; Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was both a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina lives in Richmond, Virginia.","products":[{"product_id":"burn-baby-burn-paperback","title":"Burn Baby Burn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Prize Finalist * A \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Nominee * A National Book Award Long List Selection * An American Library Association Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection * A \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice * A \u003ci\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Fanfare Selection * A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Teen Book of the Year *A \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Medina holds nothing back. . . . A devastatingly intense story, this work is a must-have for all collections.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMeg Medina transports readers to a time when New York seemed balanced on a knife-edge, with tempers and temperatures running high: the infamous summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Seventeen-year-old Nora Lopez's family life isn't going so well, either. Before she turns eighteen and can strike out on her own, Nora will discover that the greatest dangers are often closer than we like to admit -- and the hardest to accept.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50425417793759,"sku":"9781536200270","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fuJyan351l9781536200270.webp?v=1782161611"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/meg-medina.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}