She also meets Bo, a Chinese American girl who has chosen the school uniform’s trousers over skirts-paired with rainbow Vans, no less-and they immediately get along.
In her new, wealthy, and mostly White school, Yami immediately faces casual racism, but it’s not all bad. She loves her busy, hardworking, very Catholic mom, but that doesn’t mean Mami would accept her sexuality if she knew the truth. It’s not easy for Yami to lose someone she trusted as much as Bianca, especially when she feels alone and is still nursing the heartbreak of her dad’s being deported to Mexico 6 years ago. She’s also glad to start over away from ex–best friend Bianca, who outed her to their social circle. She tells herself it has more to do with being there for Cesar, her genius brother one year her junior who skipped a grade and earned a scholarship, but there’s more to it. Outside of writing, Sonora loves dancing, singing karaoke, and playing with their baby nephew.Yamilet is a gay, Mexican American 16-year-old who’s about to start Catholic school. Sonora currently lives in Arizona in a multi-generational, multi-cultural family home with a small pack of dogs who run the place. They write fiction full of queer and Latinx characters in a variety of genres, with current projects in both kid lit and adult categories. SR: Follow us on Twitter! Seek out books by and about QPOC, and if you can’t buy them, request them at your local libraries, and review them on Goodreads, Barnes & Noble and Amazon! Reviews save lives!Ĭlick here to follow Sonora on Twitter, and read more about them below!īorn and raised in Arizona, Sonora Reyes is the author of the forthcoming contemporary young adult novel, THE LESBIANA’S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL. What are some ways writers can boost and support you and other QPOC writers? Not everyone is going to be right for your story, but that will just make it all the more satisfying to find that one agent who is your perfect fit!
SR: Don’t let the “didn’t connect with the voice” comments get you down.
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