A review by librarianryan
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

 

I can see why this book won the Pura Belpré Young Adult Award this year.  Furia who is known to most as Camila, is just another girl in Argentia with dreams of making it big.  For her, big is playing professional football (i.e. US Soccer).  Her brother is a local semi pro player, her dad was once a player, and the boy she loves is big leagues professional player.  But things where she lives are not great.  Dad is abusive, mother is submissive, and girls are expected to live a traditional life.  Go to school.  Become a doctor.  No play football. Football is for men.  This is a character driven novel, and it was excellent, just not my thing.  I’m an action reader and this moved much to slow for me.  However, I can think of the perfect hands to place this book into when they come into the library.  It totally deserves every award it receives. But for me personally, it was okay.

#BBRC  - Latino in a non-issue book

#Booked2021 Latinx author

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