If you want a sample of how to build an imaginary world, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is for you. You will be immersed in a new and fascinating adventure.
Author Rebecca Yarros, creates a new world and draws you into the heart of the action in Fourth Wing, now on the New York Times bestseller list. Older students and adults will find the dazzling descriptions, fast pace, and family centered struggles of twenty-year-old Violet, compelling. Readers will find themselves in the good company many positive reviews.
NPR “Books We Love” 2023
Each week I recommend books by Latinx authors that will add diverse voices to your reading list, library, and classroom curriculum. This site, Diverse Voices - Bravo!, calls your attention to award-winners, new writers, and independent authors. Yarros gives us a sense of why her writing is important to her in a recent
#WeNeedDiverseBooks post:
"We need diverse books because I need my mixed-race daughter to see she's not a secondary character, but the heroine of her story - and mine." Rebecca Yarros
https://twitter.com/RebeccaYarros/status/472778442274922496
My own books, The Mission Bells Trilogy, for young adults are always available for your classroom through major outlets and my website: https://anitaperezferguson.com. Join me in my world, the Old West, and hear the diverse voices of the Pacific coast before California was a state.
I support Latinx authors by sharing their books, buying their books, and gifting their books in order to spread the word about Diverse Voices - Bravo!