Somewhere Between Bitter & Sweet is a Pura Belpré Honor Book

Pura Belpré Awards honoring Latinx writers and illustrators whose children's and young adult books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.

"How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe,” written by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, is the Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Award winner.

Three Belpré Young Adult Author Honor Book were named: "Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun," written by Jonny Garza Villa and published by Skyscape; "Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet," written by Laekan Zea Kemp and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group; and "Where I Belong," written by Marcia Argueta Mickelson and published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group.

Read the full press release here.