Yamile Saied Mendez

Dec 7, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Yamile Saied Mendez

by | Read by Maria Liatis Maria Liatis delivers a heartwarming performance as a 13-year-old with a passion for fútbol and her family. Valeria is a star player on the boys’ soccer team, coached by her gruff abuelo. Through spirited yet subtle energy, Liatis adds credibility to Valeria’s perseverance through trying times, including her mortification at getting her first period and losing her standing on the boys’ team, then having to transition to the girls’ team.

Sep 10, 2024 | bookriot.com | Yamile Saied Mendez |Carolina Ciucci

Set between September 15 and October 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month honors the culture and contributions of Americans with roots in Spain, Latin America, and the Caribbean. This event’s history began more than half a century ago, when President Lyndon Johnson began a Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968. It expanded to a full month under President Ronald Reagan in 1988. That same year, it was enacted into law.

Sep 3, 2024 | uncannymagazine.com | Yamile Saied Mendez |Clockpunk Studios

I was a precocious child. Nothing escaped my attention, which is why when one sunny afternoon, during a family walk, my mom’s sudden exclamation put me in high alarm. Although I was only six years old, I believed myself to be her protector. I tried to catch her urgent whispering to my father. He first looked confused and then horrified. Without a word, he removed his button-up shirt and offered it to her.

Aug 26, 2024 | latinxinpublishing.com | Yamile Saied Mendez |Amaris Castillo

Monica Brown believes there are many ways to structure a picture book biography. So in her forthcoming book about Felisa Rincón de Gautier, the author chose to begin at a pivotal moment in the life of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor. “The people of La Perla were scared. The winds blew fiercely, and dark clouds swirled in the sky,” Brown writes.

Jun 19, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Yamile Saied Mendez

Sept. 2024. 336p. Algonquin, $16.99 (9781643753980). Grades 4-7. REVIEW. First published July 2024 (). Valeria “Magic” Salomón lives for soccer, and she’s more than proved her mettle as the lone girl on her grandfather’s decorated team, the Overlords.