Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome (Sarai #1) -- Sarai Gonzalez, Paperback
Author: Sarai Gonzalez, Monica Brown
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 09/11/2018
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781338236682
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 198411 / Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2018
School Library Journal 08/01/2018 pg. 64
About the Author
Monica Brown is the award-winning author of super-awesome books for children, including the Lola Levine chapter book series, Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina, Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, and Waiting for the Biblioburro. She is a professor of English at Northern Arizona University, specializing in Latinx and African American Literature. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, with her husband and her dogs, Lola and Finn. Visit her at monicabrown.net.
Eleven-year-old Sarai Gonzalez became an overnight sensation after appearing in Bomba Estero's Soy Yo, a music video about embracing yourself and loving your flaws. The video garnered over 30 million views and the New York Times called Sarai a Latina icon. Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome was the first book in her new chapter book series inspired by her life. Sarai lives in New Jersey with her family.