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By Aida Salazar

The dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship, family, and growing up, an Are You There God, It s Me Margaret? for the modern day, from debut author Aida Salazar.
****Four starred reviews!***** A worthy successor to Are You There God? It s Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland. — Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCeli Rivera s life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend s exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.But most of all, her mother s insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It s an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be?A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.