Smack Dab in the Middle

Welcome to Smack Dab, both of you! Could you please each give us a brief description of your most recent works?  Anna Lapera: Thank you! My debut novel, Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice , a coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old girl who stumbles upon a family secret connected to the Guatemalan civil war, and how she uses her newfound knowledge of feminist resistance movements in Guatemala to stand up to the injustices at her own school. Donna Barba Higuera: I’ve had a few projects released in a short span of time; a chapter book series The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy that is making its way into the world. It is about a boy and his boogeyman navigating the world, school, and an infestation of boogeymen from around the world. Xolo entered the world recently also. It’s a graphic novel/illustrated novel of sorts that reimagines the Aztec mythology of the twin gods, Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl, and their quest to rescue the bones of humanity from the god of the Un...