Brownstone
WINNER OF THE PRINTZ AWARD
A Harvey Award Nominee!
An Indie Next List Selection!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book!
A 2025 CBC Best Children's Book of the Year selection!
âAngsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone whoâs ever felt totally out of place.â âGabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Julia, Brownstone is a vivid, sweeping, ultimately hopeful story about navigating your heritage even when you feel like you donât quite fit in.
Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met.
Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, sheâs left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanishâwhich she doesnât speak.
As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavierâs Latin American neighborhood. Each member of the community has their own joys and heartbreaks as well as their own strong opinions on how this young Latina should talk, dress, and behave. Some canât understand why she doesnât know where she comes from. Others think sheâs ânot brown enoughâ to fit in.
But time is running out for Almudena and Xavier to get to know each other, and the key to their connection may ultimately lie in bringing all these different elements together. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.
WINNER OF THE PRINTZ AWARD
A Harvey Award Nominee!
An Indie Next List Selection!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book!
A 2025 CBC Best Children's Book of the Year selection!
âAngsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone whoâs ever felt totally out of place.â âGabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Julia, Brownstone is a vivid, sweeping, ultimately hopeful story about navigating your heritage even when you feel like you donât quite fit in.
Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met.
Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, sheâs left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanishâwhich she doesnât speak.
As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavierâs Latin American neighborhood. Each member of the community has their own joys and heartbreaks as well as their own strong opinions on how this young Latina should talk, dress, and behave. Some canât understand why she doesnât know where she comes from. Others think sheâs ânot brown enoughâ to fit in.
But time is running out for Almudena and Xavier to get to know each other, and the key to their connection may ultimately lie in bringing all these different elements together. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.
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WINNER OF THE PRINTZ AWARD
A Harvey Award Nominee!
An Indie Next List Selection!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book!
A 2025 CBC Best Children's Book of the Year selection!
âAngsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone whoâs ever felt totally out of place.â âGabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Julia, Brownstone is a vivid, sweeping, ultimately hopeful story about navigating your heritage even when you feel like you donât quite fit in.
Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met.
Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her, sheâs left alone with her Guatemalan father for an entire summer. Xavier seems happy to see her, but he expects her to live in (and help fix up) his old, broken-down brownstone. And all along, she must navigate the language barrier of his rapid-fire Spanishâwhich she doesnât speak.
As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavierâs Latin American neighborhood. Each member of the community has their own joys and heartbreaks as well as their own strong opinions on how this young Latina should talk, dress, and behave. Some canât understand why she doesnât know where she comes from. Others think sheâs ânot brown enoughâ to fit in.
But time is running out for Almudena and Xavier to get to know each other, and the key to their connection may ultimately lie in bringing all these different elements together. Fixing a broken building is one thing, but turning these stubborn individuals into a found family might take more than this one summer.
