This humorous and heartfelt middle-grade debut by Nina
Moreno with illustrations by Courtney Lovett is perfect for fans of Celia C.
Pérez and Terri Libenson, and any reader still deciding what their passion in
life is.
"MAYBE I'M GOOD AT SOMETHING I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT
YET."
Everyone in Maggie Diaz's life seems to be finding their
true passion. The one thing that defines them as a person. Her best friends
Zoey and Julian are too busy to hang out after school thanks to band and comics
club. Mom is finishing her last semester in college. And Maggie’s perfect older
sister Caro is perfectly-perfect at sports and tutoring.
So Maggie cooks up a plan to join every club she can! But
trying to fit in with type-A future leaders, gardening whizzes, and the
fearless kids in woodshop is intimidating, exhausting, and seriously confusing.
And juggling homework, friends, and all of her after-school activities is way
harder than it looks.
Seventh grade is all about figuring out who you are -- good
thing Maggie Diaz has the perfect plan!
About the Author
Nina Moreno graduated from the University of Florida and
writes about disaster Latine teens & tweens chasing their dreams, falling
in love, and navigating life in the hyphen.
She lives by a swamp outside of Orlando where she enjoys
listening to carefully curated playlists, drinking too much Cuban coffee, and
walking into the sea every chance she gets. You can find her online at
ninamoreno.com.
Courtney Lovett received her BFA in Visual Arts and Animation from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She works in different mediums and
artistic disciplines, including illustration, character design, and animation.
As a Black American and a native of the DC, Maryland,
Virginia area, her work reflects her heritage and upbringing, which adds to
today's cultural shift of creating diverse and relatable stories from
perspectives that are often underrepresented or misrepresented in art and
media.