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Natalia Sylvester

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Born in Lima, Peru, Natalia Sylvester is an award-winning writer of novels, essays, and poetry. CHASING THE SUN was named the Best Debut Book of 2014 by Latinidad Magazine and EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME won an International Latino Book Award and the 2019 Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her debut YA novel, RUNNING, was a 2020 Junior Library Guild Selection and her sophomore YA, BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN, will be out in May 2022 from HarperCollins/Clarion Books.

Sylvester's essays have appeared in the New York Times, Bustle, Catapult, Latina magazine, and McSweeney’s Publishing, and have been widely anthologized. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Miami and now ...more

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	Breathe and Count Back from Ten 3.84 avg rating — 3,629 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing the Sun 3.32 avg rating — 3,035 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyone Knows You Go Home 4.03 avg rating — 2,221 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,637 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home by Nicole Chung (카지노싸이트 Author) (Editor)(Introduction), Mensah Demary (Contributor)(Editor)(Intro.), Victoria Blanco (카지노싸이트 Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,123 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Jennine Capó Crucet (카지노싸이트 Author) (Editor, Introduction), Keegan-Michael Key (Preface), Jennine Capó Crucet (카지노싸이트 Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South by Cinelle Barnes (카지노싸이트 Author) (Editor, Contributor), Jaswinder Bolina (Contributor), Regina N. Bradley (카지노싸이트 Author) (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester (카지노싸이트 Author), Juana Medina (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 288 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Way Never Sisters by Chantel Acevedo (카지노싸이트 Author), Natalia Sylvester (카지노싸이트 Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Way Never Sisters by Chantel Acevedo (카지노싸이트 Author), Natalia Sylvester (카지노싸이트 Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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RUNNING is out now!

Friends! THANK YOU all for celebrating the release of RUNNING with me!!

It's been a wild & wonderful time & I'm overjoyed by the support.

For those who are new here (hello!) -

RUNNING is about:
🇨🇺 a Cuban American teen whose dad runs for Prez
🥰 No romance, but explores friend & familial ❤️
🏠 Housing & environmental justice
👉🏼 Privilege & power in Latinx communities
🗣 Young activists
🦆 Miami: more ducks & Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 14, 2020 09:55 • Tags: new-releases, ya-novels

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This book is all the things I love in a middle great book—lots of heart, humor that makes me LOL, and beautifully real and complicated family dynamics. I found so much to relate to in Benny's story: seeing a Miami depicted on the page that felt more ...more
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Who knew the word Maleta carried so much? Friends, I'm delighted to share this book with you! It's inspired by relatives from Peru who would visit when I was young, carrying suitcases full of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and textures that'd help m ...more
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I used to hide my scars & now they're on my book cover. I'm so happy. BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN is now available where ever books are sold. It's the story of Vero, a Peruvian American teen with hip dysplasia who auditions to become a mermaid at ...more
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“Lost time is gone forever. Nobody ever catches up.”
― Natalia Sylvester, Chasing the Sun

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“Grudges fade quickly when you’re faced with losing the ones you love.”
― Natalia Sylvester, Chasing the Sun

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“People will feel for you what they think you feel for yourself. It’s that simple.”
― Natalia Sylvester, Chasing the Sun

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“you can tell the deepest truths with the lies of fiction”
― Isabel Allende

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“Once when I asked you if you still loved your wife, you said, Love leaves the back door open. Later, you said, Love like a hospital gown opens at the back. And you slipped out.”
― Joan Connor, How to Stop Loving Someone

tags: affairs, love, lovers, short-stories

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“The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

tags: choices

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“She watched the coals grow cooler and wondered if worlds grew cool as well. If existence faded like heat.”
― Owen Egerton, Everyone Says That at the End of the World

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“Choices are made in brief seconds and paid for in the time that remains.”
― Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

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