"With every pop of the tostones, mash of the mangú, and sizzle of the maduros, a little girl learns that plátanos are her history, they are her culture, and—most importantly—they are love." -- publisher
Themes & Content
- Genres
- Fiction
- Central Theme Categories
- Centering Culture & Identity
- Settings
- Unspecified
- Ethnicity
- Unspecified
- Gender Representation
- Girls/Women
- Race / Culture
- Bi/Multiracial/Mixed Race
- Black/African/African American
- Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
- Character Prominence
- Dominant Main
- Secondary
- Illustrator Lived Experience
- Illustrator shares race/culture with main characters
