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Por Barbara Saunders
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con base en investigaciones sobre desarrollo infantil. ¿Cómo otorgamos nuestras calificaciones?
Teen girls fall in love, face death in breathtaking tale.
Lo que las familias necesitan saber
¿Por qué para niños de 14 en adelante?
¿Algún contenido positivo?
Dónde lo puedes leer
¿De qué trata la historia?
When THE STARS AND THE BLACKNESS BETWEEN THEM opens, Audre's mother has found her making love with another girl. She commands Audre to move from her home in Trinidad, where she's surrounded by a loving grandmother and aunties, to Minnesota, where her father lives. In Minnesota, Audre meets Mabel, the daughter of her father's friend. The two become close friends, and their relationship blossoms into romance. Mabel feels under the weather for many weeks, and the doctor's tests reveal a life-threatening illness. As she undergoes treatment, Mabel leans on Audre, who draws upon the healing powers her grandmother has cultivated in her. She also takes comfort in the music of Whitney Houston and the spiritual writings of a death-row inmate whose book she finds on her parents' shelves. Mabel and the inmate, Afua, become pen pals and begin a correspondence about life and death.
¿Vale la pena?
This is a breathtakingly beautiful book. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them is Junauda Petrus' first novel; however, she's an accomplished filmmaker, poet, performance artist, and playwright, and brings all of those talents to bear. The book benefits from rich visual imagery, poems, and a skillful use of dialect and accents to reveal character. The author touches on coming out, conflict with parents, extended family relationships, friendship, justice, the immigrant experience, and mortality, all the while making her characters feel like real, specific, lovable people.
Las familias pueden hablar sobre ...
Families can talk about how young love shapes the lives of the characters in The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. Each of the two main characters falls in love for the first time. The author also includes early love stories about the Audre's grandmother and her parents. How are their stories different? How are they similar?
The book is written in a style called "magical realism." The story takes place in the real world, but supernatural events happen. Why do you think the author chose to use magic the way she did?
The adult family members have conflicting approaches to dealing with Mabel's and Audre's concerns. How do the adults' own lives influence their attitudes and behaviors?
Detalles Libro
- Autor :
- Género : Romance
- Temas : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Friendship
- Tipo de libro : De ficción
- Editorial : Penguin Young Readers Group
- Fecha de publicación : Septiembre 17, 2019
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 14 - 18
- Número de páginas : 320
- Disponible en : Paperback, Nook, Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, Kindle
- Premio : Coretta Scott King Medal and Honors
- Última actualización : Septiembre 29, 2025
¿Nos faltó algo sobre diversidad?
Las investigaciones muestran que hay una relación entre la autoestima de los niños y las representaciones positivas en los medios de comunicación. Es por eso que hemos añadido una nueva sección de “Representaciones diversas” a nuestras reseñas, que se implementará de forma continua. Puedes apoyarnos a ayudar a los niños al
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