Name: Furia
SKU: 53502591
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Author: Yamile Saied Méndez
ISBN: 9781616209919

Type

Physical Book

Author

Yamile Saied Méndez

Publisher

Algonquin Young Readers

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

20.6x14.7x3 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN13

9781616209919

Synopsis "Furia "

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK Recipient of the 2021 Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read YA Books of 2020 A Best Book of the Year: Cosmopolitan * Kirkus Reviews * SheReads * New York Public Library "An engrossing #OwnVoices novel." --PopSugar "This book will set your dreams on fire . . . It's fabulous." -- Reese Witherspoon A powerful contemporary YA for fans of The Poet X and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line--even her blooming love story--to follow her dreams. In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother's narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see just how far those talents can take her. In her wildest dreams, she'd get an athletic scholarship to a North American university. But the path ahead isn't easy. Her parents don't know about her passion. They wouldn't allow a girl to play fútbol--and she needs their permission to go any farther. And the boy she once loved is back in town. Since he left, Diego has become an international star, playing in Italy for the renowned team Juventus. Camila doesn't have time to be distracted by her feelings for him. Things aren't the same as when he left: she has her own passions and ambitions now, and La Furia cannot be denied. As her life becomes more complicated, Camila is forced to face her secrets and make her way in a world with no place for the dreams and ambition of a girl like her. Filled with authentic details and the textures of day-to-day life in Argentina, heart-soaring romance, and breathless action on the pitch, Furia is the story of a girl's journey to make her life her own.

Yamile Saied Méndez

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Yamile Saied Méndez es autora de numerosos libros para jóvenes y adultos, entre ellos *Furia*, obra seleccionada por el Reese’s YA Book Club y ganadora de la Medalla de Oro Pura Belpré para Literatura Juvenil en su edición inaugural de 2021. Sus libros han recibido múltiples reconocimientos, como el sello Gold Standard de Junior Library Guild y los premios Whitney, Cybils, Américas y Bank Street (en la categoría de libros en español), entre otros.

Asimismo, sus obras han figurado en las listas de los mejores libros del año de instituciones como la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York y la Biblioteca Pública de Salt Lake, así como en las de publicaciones especializadas como *Kirkus* y *Publishers Weekly*, y en selecciones de diversos estados.

Nació y creció en Rosario, Argentina, pero ha vivido la mayor parte de su vida en un hermoso valle rodeado de montañas en Utah. Fue una de las primeras beneficiarias de la beca Walter Dean Myers y se formó en el programa Voices of Our Nations (VONA) y en la maestría (MFA) de Escritura para Niños y Jóvenes del Vermont College of Fine Arts. Yamile es también miembro fundador de Las Musas, el primer colectivo de autoras latinas y personas latinas no binarias. Aprendió inglés de forma autodidacta con un diccionario bilingüe; actualmente, ha impartido clases en el taller TinHouse y ha sido ponente destacada en el Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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