Children's book author Margarita Engle became the first Hispanic to win the prestigious Newbery Award, for her young adult verse novel The Surrender Tree, about the Cuban struggle for independence.
Library Journal has an interesting Q&A with the Cuban American author, in which she graciously names many of the Latino authors whose shoulders, she says, she stands on.
Gomez is glad there's great young adult literature out there, and encourages grownups to read this terrific book too.
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