Texas State University College of Education developed The Tomás
Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award to honor authors and illustrators
who create literature that depicts the Mexican American experience. The award
was established in 1995 and was named in honor of Dr. Tomás Rivera, a
distinguished alumnus of Texas State University. For more information visit http://riverabookaward.org
Works For Younger Readers -
Maybe Something
Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
by Isabel Campoy and Theresa
Howell, Illustrated by Rafael López
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art
Transformed a Neighborhood is the triumph of a community against the
darker forces of social decay. What good can a splash of color do in a
community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than you might ever
imagine!
Based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego,
California, Maybe Something Beautiful reveals how art can inspire
transformation—and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something
big.
Works For Older Readers -
The Memory of
Light
by Francisco X. Stork
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
In The Memory of Light,
Stork tells the story of 16-year-old Vicky Cruz and her experiences and
recovery after an attempted suicide. When Vicky wakes up in the Lakeview
Hospital, she knows one thing: After her suicide attempt, she shouldn't be
alive. But then she meets Mona, the live wire; Gabriel, the saint; E.M., always
angry; and Dr. Desai, a quiet force. With stories and honesty, kindness and
hard work, they push her to reconsider her life before Lakeview, and offer her
an acceptance she's never had. But Vicky's newfound peace is as fragile as
the roses that grow around the hospital. And when a crisis forces the group to
split up, sending Vick back to the life that drove her to suicide, she must try
to find her own courage and strength.
Inspired in part by the author's own experience with
depression, The Memory of Light is the rare young adult novel that
focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt, but the recovery
from one - about living when life doesn't seem worth it, and how we go on
anyway.
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