I had a great time last night at the Somewhat Virtual Book Club, a group that meets both in person at various schools and on a Google Hangout, making the conversation…
I’m so grateful you’re here! Looking for something? Here are a few of the most popular areas on the site: Looking for information about my novel, THE SECRET SIDE OF…
THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY, a young adult novel about an undocumented teenager, has been called “Must-read YA” (Bookish), “What’s hot in YA,” (School Library Journal), and “timely and important”…
What do you get when you put together something like 50 YA authors and thousands of YA readers in one cool space? The Texas Teen Book Festival! Here I am back…
Have you ever just wanted to hug a room full of people all at once? That’s how I felt at the NYC Teen Author Night last night at the Jefferson Market…
2014 National Indie Excellence® Award winner. 2015 International Latino Book Award Finalist 2015 CLASP Américas Award Commended Title A School Library Journal Top 10 Latino Books of 2014 pick. A 2015 Top…
Voice of Youth Advocates Review
The Voices of Youth Advocates have come in with a great review of THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY. Here’s a snippet: “Andreu’s debut novel paints a realistic, yet…
“A novel about the high price of keeping secrets”
You’d expect that a novel named THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is a little about keeping secrets. That’s just one of the reasons I love this review from…
6 Books to Read While…
Color me tickled! The Barnes and Noble blog has always been good to THE SECRET…
Quoted in the Los Angeles Times
Read an insightful and provocative piece in the LA Times which quotes many well-known young…
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