Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her.
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her. Read Less Description
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her.
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her. Read Less Description
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her.
BISAC Subject HeadingsJuvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational Juvenile Fiction / Stories in Verse
Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational Juvenile Fiction / Stories in Verse
NCTE 2025 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Recommended Book
Author & Illustrator
Adria Quiñones
Adria Quiñones’s poetry has appeared in The New York Times. Amaya Nuñez: Mi Tierra is her first published work for children and the first part of a trilogy about Amaya, her family, and her friends. A lifelong New Yorker, Adria grew up in Queens and now lives in Washington Heights, where she likes to watch the tugs on the Hudson and the traffic on the George Washington Bridge.
Mrinali Álvarez Astacio
Mrinali Álvarez Astacio is a Puerto Rican illustrator and author. In 2016, she was selected as one of three shortlisted winners in the Beginning, Middle, and End competition by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators-British Isles. Mrinali has also received a “Highly Commended Artwork” award in the Macmillan Prize for Children’s Book Illustration. She holds an MA and a Ph.D. in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, in the United Kingdom.
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her.
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her. Read Less Description
Details:
SKUWW-NL6418
ISBN9781478879183
Series
Reycraft Books
Genre
Poetry, Realistic Fi
Poetry, Realistic Fiction
Language
English
Age7 - 12
Juvenile Fiction / P
Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational Juvenile Fiction / Stories in Verse
Full Description
Amaya Nuñez loves that no one else has her name. She loves her apartment and her busy New York City neighborhood. She loves when her Abuelo visits all the way from Spain. She loves summer trips to Vermont and dinners with her Tía and Tío. But those aren’t su tierra. Amaya’s tierra has subways and bodegas, sidewalks and sprawling parks, and the most beautiful city sunsets. Su tierra is one of a kind. Just like her.
Author & Illustrator
Adria Quiñones
Adria Quiñones’s poetry has appeared in The New York Times. Amaya Nuñez: Mi Tierra is her first published work for children and the first part of a trilogy about Amaya, her family, and her friends. A lifelong New Yorker, Adria grew up in Queens and now lives in Washington Heights, where she likes to watch the tugs on the Hudson and the traffic on the George Washington Bridge.
Mrinali Álvarez Astacio
Mrinali Álvarez Astacio is a Puerto Rican illustrator and author. In 2016, she was selected as one of three shortlisted winners in the Beginning, Middle, and End competition by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators-British Isles. Mrinali has also received a “Highly Commended Artwork” award in the Macmillan Prize for Children’s Book Illustration. She holds an MA and a Ph.D. in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, in the United Kingdom.
Awards
NCTE 2025 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Recommended Book