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e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Raised in small-town south Texas Mexican American filmmaker and writer e.E. Charlton-Trujillo has been described as “a force of nature” by Kirkus Reviews. e. is the author of several books for teens and children, notably Fat Angie, a Stonewall Award Winner and Lambda Literary Finalist, and Prizefighter en Mi Casa, winner of the Delacorte Dell Yearling Award and the Parents’ Choice Silver Honor.
e’s activism with youth is featured in the documentary At-Risk Summer which inspired e. to co-found the non-profit Never Counted Out. Much of e.’s time off the page is dedicated to speaking or facilitating workshops with youth. It’s part of their Your Story Is A Revolution campaign focused on inspiring young people to be heard through storytelling. Recently, e contributed to the anthology Living Beyond Borders: Stories About Growing Up Mexican In America which will be followed by Fat Angie: Homecoming, and a picture book, co-authored with Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Joe Cepeda, Lupe Lopez Rock Star Rules. Though forever that small-town south Texan dreaming of breakfast tacos and sweet tea, e. currently lives in California with their partner, an eclectic music and metal lunchbox collection, and two cats who pretty much run the show. http://bigdreamswrite.com |
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LIVING BEYOND BORDERS: GROWING UP MEXICAN IN AMERICA...
Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Ruben Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana L pez, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia S nchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, Ren Salda a Jr., Justine Narro, Daniel Garc a Ord z, and Anna Meriano.
In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican American. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today's young readers.
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Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Ruben Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana L pez, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia S nchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, Ren Salda a Jr., Justine Narro, Daniel Garc a Ord z, and Anna Meriano.
In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican American. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today's young readers.
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FAT ANGIE: HOMECOMING...
With unexpected internet fame, two people vying for her heart, an all-girl band, and coming to terms with her parents' failures, Angie comes home to herself in a rewarding finale.
After hitting the road with her friends last summer and taking the stage to sing her heart out in Columbus, Angie finally feels like she's figuring things out. And her next move? Finally asking Jamboree Memphis Jordan to be her girlfriend. Angie's got her speech ready on a set of flash cards, but her plans are complicated when her first love, KC Romance, comes cruising back into town. And when a video of Angie's Columbus performance goes viral, everything gets even more confusing. Kids at school are treating her with respect, she's being recognized in public, and her couldn't-be-bothered mother is . . . well, bothered is an understatement.
When she learns of an online music competition, Angie decides to start a band. With the help of her brother, Jamboree, and her town's resident washed-up rock star, Angie puts together a group and gets busy writing songs, because the competition deadline is only two weeks away. Between sorting out her feelings for Jamboree and KC, dealing with her newfound fame, and dodging an increasingly violent and volatile mother, singing seems like the only thing that Angie's really good at. Can her band of girl rockers actually win? More importantly, can Angie get it together before she loses all sense of herself yet again?
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FAT ANGIE: REBEL GIRL REVOLUTION...
Sometimes life is . . . like Angie’s. In this sequel to Fat Angie, sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an increasingly vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication is almost too much to bear, and it doesn't help that her mother has placed a symbolic empty urn on their mantel. At the ceremony, a soldier hands Angie a final letter from her sister, including a list of places she wanted the two of them to visit when she got home from the war. With her mother threatening to send Angie to a “treatment center” and her situation at school becoming violent, Angie enlists the help of her estranged childhood friend, Jamboree. Along with a few other outsiders, they pack into an RV and head across Ohio. And what happens next is all very beautifully, strangely, quite truly Angie.
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With unexpected internet fame, two people vying for her heart, an all-girl band, and coming to terms with her parents' failures, Angie comes home to herself in a rewarding finale.
After hitting the road with her friends last summer and taking the stage to sing her heart out in Columbus, Angie finally feels like she's figuring things out. And her next move? Finally asking Jamboree Memphis Jordan to be her girlfriend. Angie's got her speech ready on a set of flash cards, but her plans are complicated when her first love, KC Romance, comes cruising back into town. And when a video of Angie's Columbus performance goes viral, everything gets even more confusing. Kids at school are treating her with respect, she's being recognized in public, and her couldn't-be-bothered mother is . . . well, bothered is an understatement.
When she learns of an online music competition, Angie decides to start a band. With the help of her brother, Jamboree, and her town's resident washed-up rock star, Angie puts together a group and gets busy writing songs, because the competition deadline is only two weeks away. Between sorting out her feelings for Jamboree and KC, dealing with her newfound fame, and dodging an increasingly violent and volatile mother, singing seems like the only thing that Angie's really good at. Can her band of girl rockers actually win? More importantly, can Angie get it together before she loses all sense of herself yet again?
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FAT ANGIE: REBEL GIRL REVOLUTION...
Sometimes life is . . . like Angie’s. In this sequel to Fat Angie, sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an increasingly vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication is almost too much to bear, and it doesn't help that her mother has placed a symbolic empty urn on their mantel. At the ceremony, a soldier hands Angie a final letter from her sister, including a list of places she wanted the two of them to visit when she got home from the war. With her mother threatening to send Angie to a “treatment center” and her situation at school becoming violent, Angie enlists the help of her estranged childhood friend, Jamboree. Along with a few other outsiders, they pack into an RV and head across Ohio. And what happens next is all very beautifully, strangely, quite truly Angie.
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