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Meg Medina served as the 2023-2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist, and which was followed by two more acclaimed books about the Suárez family: Merci Suárez Can’t Dance and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool. Her young adult novels include Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award, and which was published in 2023 as a graphic novel illustrated by Mel Valentine Vargas; Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind. She is also the author of picture books No More Señora Mimí / No más Señora Mimí, Evelyn Del Rey ...more

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	Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass 3.89 avg rating — 10,392 ratings — published 2013 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Changes Gears (Merci Suárez, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 8,510 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burn Baby Burn 3.79 avg rating — 5,188 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Sonia Sanchez (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 2,045 ratings — published 2020 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Angela Dominguez (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 2,041 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind 3.41 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Can't Dance (Merci Suárez, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 665 ratings — published 2021 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Claudio Muñoz (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 682 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merci Suárez Plays It Cool (Merci Suárez, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 302 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graciela in the Abyss by Meg Medina (Goodreads Author), Anna Balbusso (Illustrator), Elena Balbusso (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2025 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Take care not to listen to anyone who tells you what you can and can't be in life.”
― Meg Medina, The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

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“You never forget the books you loved as a kid. You never forget the poems you memorized, the first book you read until the cover fell off, the book you read hidden from your mother. What an honor to hold hands with a child's imagination in this way.”
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“Sometimes it's hard to wait for good things to happen. - Tia Isa”
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What book should we read in November?

We have read a lot of fantastic books this year, but did we miss your favorite 2019 Newbery Contender? Please "write in" your choice for the November book of the month.

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

44 votes, 29.3%

The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair by Amy Makechnie

22 votes, 14.7%

Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (write-in)

16 votes, 10.7%

The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman

15 votes, 10.0%

The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (write-in)

13 votes, 8.7%

THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY MASON BUTTLE by Leslie Connor (write-in)

8 votes, 5.3%

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

5 votes, 3.3%

Echo’s Sister by Paul Moser (write-in)

5 votes, 3.3%

the book of boy by catherine gilbert murdock (write-in)

5 votes, 3.3%

Other Wood by Pete Hautman (write-in)

4 votes, 2.7%

Harbor Me (write-in)

3 votes, 2.0%

Resistance by Jennifer A Nielsen (write-in)

3 votes, 2.0%

The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair (write-in)

2 votes, 1.3%

Squint by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown (write-in)

2 votes, 1.3%

The Season of Styx Malone (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

The Prophet Calls by Melanie Sumrow (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings by Francie Latour (write-in)

1 vote, 0.7%

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Meg’s Quotes

“Mami says feelings are tricky, because sometimes they get disguised.”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“...popular is even weirder. Turns out, it's not the same thing as having friends at all" -Merci”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“Cruz has never been my favorite person, I'll give you that. But an enemy? There's no sense i having those if we can help it" -Papi”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“I don't know what is going to happen next year, no one does. But that's OK.
I can handle it, I decide. It's just a harder gear, and I am ready. All I have to do is take a deep breath and ride.”
― Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears

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“I’ve been thinking lately that growing up is like walking through glass doors that only open one way — you can see where you came from but can’t go back. That’s how it is for me, anyway.”
― Meg Medina, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

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