Deborah Diesen

Apr 25, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Deborah Diesen |María Dolores Águila |Deborah Hopkinson |Jennifer J. Yu

María Dolores Águila, illus. by Magdalena Mora. Dial, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5934-6207-2In this activist picture book, a child living in San Diego’s Barrio Logan vividly narrates, in English and Spanish, a story of individual and collective strength. In their Chicane neighborhood, which now sits adjacent to a freeway and a junkyard, Elena and Mami encounter jacaranda blossoms, close-knit neighbors, and a tiendita, as well as vehicle fumes and noise.