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Mi año en el medio (My Year in the Middle) by Lila Quintero Weaver. Share. Images. Item #34R1 in Club Leo Fall Club Leo Fall; Grades: 4 - 7 Ages: 9 - 13 About Reading Levels. Format: Paperback Book Paperback Book. Short Summary. Author: Lila Quintero Weaver Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: Category: Juvenile Fiction Languages: en Pages: View: Get Book. My Year In The Middle My Year In The Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver, My Year In The Middle Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download My Year In The Middle books, In a racially polarized classroom in Alabama, Lu’s .  · Lila Quintero Weaver was born in Argentina but grew up in Alabama, where she still lives with her husband. She is the author-illustrator of Darkroom, a graphic memoir. My Year in the Middle is her first book for young readers.4/5(1).

My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver. Janu | Mixed Media, Book, For Kids | Sonya VanderVeen Feddema. In , schools in Red Grove, Ala., have been desegregated. But in reality, "black and white kids don't mix." In Lu Olivera's sixth-grade class, the white kids sit on one side of the room and the black kids on the. Welcome! My name is Lila Quintero Weaver and this is my official site. I am a graphic memoirist, illustrator, and children's author. Thank you for your interest in my work. Here's a quick introduction to my books: Heralded by Book Riot in its " Must-Read Graphic Memoirs," Darkroom: A Memoir in Black White is. Lila Quintero Weaver was born in Argentina but grew up in Alabama, where she still lives with her husband. She is the author-illustrator of Darkroom, a graphic memoir. My Year in the Middle is her first book for young readers.

Based on true events in Lila Quintero Weaver's own s childhood as an Argentinian immigrant in a small Alabama town, My Year in the Middle is a moving story about finding one's center in the midst of overwhelming external pressure. Lu is believable as a girl who is afraid to "stick [her] neck out too far." Any reader who has struggled to find a safe and happy place between polarities will appreciate Weaver's deep understanding of just how difficult—and rewarding—this can be. My Year in the Middle is my novel for kids, featuring a year-old Latina character who runs into trouble at her newly integrated school. (Candlewick Press, ) To learn more, please visit this page. At Vanderbilt University, I sat for an interview on the influence books have had on my life. Lila Quintero Weaver, like her character Lu Olivera, was born in Argentina and grew up in Alabama in the s. The author-artist of Darkroom, a graphic memoir, she lives in Alabama with her husband. This is her first novel. MY YEAR IN THE MIDDLE Lila Quintero Weaver.