{"product_id":"the-story-of-my-anger-hardcover","title":"The Story of My Anger - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJasminne Mendez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pura Belpré Honor Award winning author of \u003ci\u003eAniana del Mar Jumps In\u003c\/i\u003e makes her YA debut with a powerful novel-in-verse about a Texas teen who is battling racism in her theatre program and book banning efforts by her town's school board.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYulieta Lopez is angry. Angry at her racist drama teacher who refuses to cast Black students in lead roles. Angry at the school board threatening her favorite teacher for teaching works of literature that they deem \"controversial.\" Angry that she has to keep quiet until she can head to college and leave Texas forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYuli is accustomed to playing various roles: the diligent daughter, the honorable hija, the good girl who serves everyone else before serving herself. But as the fire of Yuli's rage spreads and lights her up, she can no longer be silent. Determined to find a way to fight back, Yuli and her friends start a guerilla theatre club which stirs things up and gets people talking, and finally, Yuli steps into the role she was always meant to play.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJasminne Mendez is Pura Belpré Honor Award recipient and a Dominican-American poet, playwright and author of several books for children and adults. She is also a poet, playwright, translator, and professional audiobook narrator. Her most recent publication \u003ci\u003eAniana del Mar Jumps In \u003c\/i\u003e(Dial), a novel in verse about a young girl diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, received starred reviews from \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and others. Her YA memoir, \u003ci\u003eIslands Apart: Becoming Dominican American \u003c\/i\u003e(Arte Público Press) and her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eCity Without Altar \u003c\/i\u003e(Noemi Press), were recently recognized with honors and awards by the Texas Institute of Letters and her debut picture book \u003ci\u003eJosefina's Habichuelas\u003c\/i\u003e (Arte Público Press) was the 2022 Writer's League of Texas Children's Book Discovery Prize Winner. She has translated Amanda Gorman's best-selling picture books \u003ci\u003eChange Sings \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eLa canción del cambio) \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Something, Someday (Algo, algún día)\u003c\/i\u003e, the best selling picture book \u003ci\u003eThe 1619 Project: Born on the Water (El proyecto 1619: Nacieron sobre el agua)\u003c\/i\u003e by Nikole Hannah Jones and Reneé Watson and the Pura Belpré Award Winning graphic novel \u003ci\u003eFrizzy\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRizos\u003c\/i\u003e) by Claribel Ortega.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964281717037,"sku":"9780593531877","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-story-of-my-anger-hardcover-4847618.webp?v=1775478547","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-story-of-my-anger-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}