E. E. Charlton-Trujillo

From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez's tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri's piece about 1970's skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical - anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and bestselling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz-winner A. S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection.

The school talent show is days away, and Lupe Lopez has serious competition. Can she rock the notion that performing isn't about beaming the brightest--but about shining your light with others? As H ctor P. Garcia Elementary's resident rock star, Lupe Lopez has it all. Friends. Fans. An all-girl band. Not to mention several shiny stars on the Reading Wall of Fame. But to officially claim the title of First-Grade Rock Star Supreme, Lupe needs to beam the brightest at Friday's class talent show, and to her surprise, there's a new girl in town. Radiant Reynosa can roll her arms into a wave, pop her hips and sway, stomp the court, jump kick, and forward flip. She can bounce beats and drum like nobody's business, and before Lupe knows it, her own star seems to be dimming in Radiant's shadow, and her attitude is driving her friends and fans away. Can Lupe find a sure way to shine--with friends by her side? Vibrant illustrations and taut, rhythmic text spiced with Spanish words ensure that three's a charm in this upbeat sequel to Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules and Lupe Lopez: Reading Rock Star

The school talent show is days away, and Lupe Lopez has serious competition. Can she rock the notion that performing isn't about beaming the brightest--but about shining your light with others? As H ctor P. Garcia Elementary's resident rock star, Lupe Lopez has it all. Friends. Fans. An all-girl band. Not to mention several shiny stars on the Reading Wall of Fame. But to officially claim the title of First-Grade Rock Star Supreme, Lupe needs to beam the brightest at Friday's class talent show, and to her surprise, there's a new girl in town. Radiant Reynosa can roll her arms into a wave, pop her hips and sway, stomp the court, jump kick, and forward flip. She can bounce beats and drum like nobody's business, and before Lupe knows it, her own star seems to be dimming in Radiant's shadow, and her attitude is driving her friends and fans away. Can Lupe find a sure way to shine--with friends by her side? Vibrant illustrations and taut, rhythmic text spiced with Spanish words ensure that three's a charm in this upbeat sequel to Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules and Lupe Lopez: Reading Rock Star

Learning to read is kind of a big deal, and Lupe Lopez has a lot to learn--in her own feisty way--to reach her goal of becoming a Reading Rock Star. En kinder, Lupe Lopez inici una banda y le demostr a todos que era una estrella de rock. Este a o, como estudiante de primer grado, Lupe tiene una nueva meta: ganarse una estrella en el Muro de la Fama de Lectura del sal n de clase de la maestra Moreno. Lupe puede roquear con las palabras en su lista de lectura, pero cuando aparecen juntas en una frase, ella no puede darles la vuelta. Y lo peor es que Victor, el brabuc n de la clase, se burla de su esfuerzo, y sus compa eras de banda, Ruby y Ana est n en el otro grupo de lectura. Es verdad que el grupo en que est Lupe es el de los ni os que todav a no saben leer? Tal vez Lupe necesita pensar en la lectura de una manera completamente nueve, de la forma en que una estrella de rock lo har a. Tal vez lo que necesita es encontrar el ritmo... Famous at Hector P. Garcia Elementary for being the first kid in kindergarten to ever start a band, Lupe Lopez enters first grade seeking a new sort of fame. She's ready to rock and roll straight into the role of Reading Rock Star But despite her best efforts, the words she thought she knew--now grouped in sentences--only glare back at her. Stuck in Group A with the kids who can't read, she becomes the object of a rival's mockery. Will her beloved band, and her confidence, survive the sting of defeat? Leave it to Lupe to prove that the beat she feels when she taps her pencil isn't so very different from words and sentences--and that a real rock star is someone who doesn't give up. Featuring simple text laced with Spanish words, dynamic illustrations, and a reassuring theme, this sequel to Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules will encourage fledgling readers to keep trying, even if they miss a beat or two.

Learning to read is kind of a big deal, and Lupe Lopez has a lot to learn--in her own feisty way--to reach her goal of becoming a Reading Rock Star. Famous at Hector P. Garcia Elementary for being the first kid in kindergarten to ever start a band, Lupe Lopez enters first grade seeking a new sort of fame. She's ready to rock and roll straight into the role of Reading Rock Star But despite her best efforts, the words she thought she knew--now grouped in sentences--only glare back at her. Stuck in Group A with the kids who can't read, she becomes the object of a rival's mockery. Will her beloved band, and her confidence, survive the sting of defeat? Leave it to Lupe to prove that the beat she feels when she taps her pencil isn't so very different from words and sentences--and that a real rock star is someone who doesn't give up. Featuring simple text laced with Spanish words, dynamic illustrations, and a reassuring theme, this sequel to Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules will encourage fledgling readers to keep trying, even if they miss a beat or two.

A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things readers can create. Have you ever dreamed of building something? Maybe something little--like a birdhouse? Or something big--like a skyscraper? If you can envision it, you can build it A Girl Can Build Anything is a playful celebration of all the different ways girls can make things--from tinkering to tool wielding, from ideas on paper to big, lived-out dreams that require brick and mortar. This fun and empowering ode to self expression will inspire readers to jump up and immediately start to build. Because they can. They can do anything

When a sassy drummer starts kindergarten, the rules of school cramp her style. What's a young rock star to do? Con sus relucientes gafas de sol, su lonchera cl sica y sus l pices tamborileros, Lupe Lopez llega el primer d a a k nder lista para el rock. " Soy famosa " anuncia Lupe mientras tamborilea sobre cualquier cosa--pupitres, sillas y mesas--, mientras m s ruidoso, mejor. En la escuela hay muchas reglas, pero las estrellas de rock no obedecen las reglas, as que Lupe tampoco. Antes de que acabe el d a, la maestra le ha quitado todas sus preciadas pertenencias, que le ser n devueltas despu s de clase. Lo peor es que nadie se ha inscrito en su club de admiradores Qu puede hacer una estrella de rock? When Lupe Lopez struts through the doors of Hector P. Garcia Elementary in sunglasses with two taped-up No. 2 pencils--drumsticks, of course--poking from her pocket, her confidence is off the charts. All day, Lupe drums on desks, tables, and chairs while Ms. Quintanilla spouts rules. Lupe has her own rules: 1) Don't listen to anyone. 2) Make lots of noise. Ratapl n 3) Have fans, not friends. But with her new teacher less than starstruck, and fans hard to come by, Lupe wonders if having friends is such a bad idea after all. Can it be that true star power means knowing when to share the spotlight? With its spirited illustrations and a simple text threaded through with Spanish words, this picture book is proof positive that being a strong girl with a song in her heart doesn't have to mean pushing others away.

With unexpected internet fame, two people vying for her heart, an all-girl band, and coming to terms with her parents' failures, Angie comes home to herself in a rewarding finale. After hitting the road with her friends last summer and taking the stage to sing her heart out in Columbus, Angie finally feels like she's figuring things out. And her next move? Finally asking Jamboree Memphis Jordan to be her girlfriend. Angie's got her speech ready on a set of flash cards, but her plans are complicated when her first love, KC Romance, comes cruising back into town. And when a video of Angie's Columbus performance goes viral, everything gets even more confusing. Kids at school are treating her with respect, she's being recognized in public, and her couldn't-be-bothered mother is . . . well, bothered is an understatement. When she learns of an online music competition, Angie decides to start a band. With the help of her brother, Jamboree, and her town's resident washed-up rock star, Angie puts together a group and gets busy writing songs, because the competition deadline is only two weeks away. Between sorting out her feelings for Jamboree and KC, dealing with her newfound fame, and dodging an increasingly violent and volatile mother, singing seems like the only thing that Angie's really good at. Can her band of girl rockers actually win? More importantly, can Angie get it together before she loses all sense of herself yet again?

More trouble at school and at home -- and the discovery of a missive from her late soldier sister -- send Angie and a long-ago friend on an RV road trip across Ohio. Sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend, KC, has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an increasingly vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication planned for her sister, who died in Iraq, is almost too much to bear, and it doesn't help that her mother has placed a symbolic empty urn on their mantel. At the ceremony, a soldier hands Angie a final letter from her sister, including a list of places she wanted the two of them to visit when she got home from the war. With her mother threatening to send Angie to a "treatment center" and the situation at school becoming violent, Angie enlists the help of her estranged childhood friend, Jamboree. Along with a few other outsiders, they pack into an RV and head across the state on the road trip Angie's sister did not live to take. It might be just what Angie needs to find a way to let her sister go, and find herself in the process.

"A hard-hitting third novel that swings between incredibly painful low moments and hard-won victories." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Angie is broken--by her can't-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by being the only one who thinks her varsity-athlete-turned-war-hero sister is still alive. Having failed to kill herself--in front of a gym full of kids--Angie's back at high school just trying to make it through each day. That is, until the arrival of KC Romance, a girl who knows too well that the package doesn't always match what's inside. With an offbeat sensibility and mean girls to rival a horror classic, this darkly comic anti-romantic romance will appeal to anyone who likes entertaining and meaningful fiction.

Winner of a 2014 Stonewall Book Award Her sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? Angie is broken -- by her can't-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by being the only one who thinks her varsity-athlete-turned-war-hero sister is still alive. Hiding under a mountain of junk food hasn't kept the pain (or the shouts of "crazy mad cow ") away. Having failed to kill herself -- in front of a gym full of kids -- she's back at high school just trying to make it through each day. That is, until the arrival of KC Romance, the kind of girl who doesn't exist in Dryfalls, Ohio. A girl who is one hundred and ninety-nine percent wow A girl who never sees her as Fat Angie, and who knows too well that the package doesn't always match what's inside. With an offbeat sensibility, mean girls to rival a horror classic, and characters both outrageous and touching, this darkly comic anti-romantic romance will appeal to anyone who likes entertaining and meaningful fiction.