Veronica Chambers
Autor(a) de Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa
About the Author
Veronica Chambers was born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn. She attended Simon's Rock College at Bard. She is a prolific writter. Mama's Girl is her acclaimed memoir. Some of her other work includes Kickboxing Geishas: How Japanese Women Are Changing Their Nation, and The Joy of Doing Things mostrar mais Badly: A Girl's Guide to Love, Life and Foolish Bravery. She has contributed to several anthologies and has also written books for children and teens. Her latest book as a contributor is in Michael Strahan's book, Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life. mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Veronica Chambers
Finish the Fight! The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote (2020) 97 exemplares
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own (2017) — Editor — 83 exemplares
Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice (2018) 60 exemplares
The Joy of Doing Things Badly: A Girl's Guide to Love, Life, and Foolish Bravery (2006) 35 exemplares
Resist: 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice (2020) 21 exemplares
Flora la Fresca y el arte de la amistad / Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendshi p (Spanish Edition) (2023) 3 exemplares
Modern Love, Revised and Updated (Media Tie-In): True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption 1 exemplar
Lights Camera Quince! (Amigas Book 2) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage (2002) — Contribuidor — 691 exemplares
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves (2018) — Contribuidor — 379 exemplares
Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American (1999) — Contribuidor — 102 exemplares
Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women (2003) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
Becoming American: Personal Essays By First Generation Immigrant Women (2000) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
It's All Love: Black Writers on Soul Mates, Family, and Friends (2009) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1970
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Panama
- Locais de residência
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Educação
- Bard College at Simon's Rock
- Ocupações
- writer
editor - Relações
- Clampet, Jason (husband)
- Organizações
- New York Times Magazine
Newsweek
Glamour - Agente
- Kim Witherspoon (Inkwell Management)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 33
- Also by
- 14
- Membros
- 1,718
- Popularidade
- #14,952
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 68
- ISBN
- 121
- Línguas
- 3
Flora LeFevre would rate her best friend, Clara Londra, full marks on the BFF-ometer the girls programmed in Scratch. Clara makes Saturday Spanish school bearable, and she’s down for any adventure. They both have parents from far away—Flora’s are from Panama, and Clara’s are from Argentina. So, when Clara’s mother announces that they are leaving Rhode Island to move to California, Flora feels lost even though the girls resolve to remain best friends no matter what. Maylin, Flora’s older sister, is too obsessed with planning her quinceañera to pay attention to her. Worse, Clara quickly finds a new friend in California. Flora thinks no one can hold a candle to Clara until a new student arrives in class: Hailing from Paris, Lebanese Zaidee Khal seems too sophisticated for fifth grade. As Flora slowly warms up to Zaidee, they begin to form a new friendship. But can Flora have two besties? Chambers places universal friendship trials within the specific joy and beauty of an Afro-Panamanian family, capturing the deep, intense emotions of childhood bonds. Rim’s delightful illustrations punctuate the text and capture the mood of the characters’ journeys. The dialogue is peppered with Spanish in the natural cadence of bilingual families, with each member possessing varying degrees of proficiency. Non-Spanish–speaking readers won’t miss a beat and may even pick up a phrase or two.
Funny, heartwarming, and sweet. (Fiction. 8-12)
-Kirkus Review… (mais)