02658cam a2200397 4500 1904399870 TxAuBib 20250122120000.0 191220s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019052284 9780358394754 hardcover 0358394759 hardcover (OCoLC)1135097732 TxAuBib Teer, Samuel, author. Brownstone / written by Samuel Teer ; illustrated by Mar Julia ; color design by Ashanti Fortson. Brown stone. First edition. New York, NY : Versify, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] ©2024. 315 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. "Almudena has always wondered about the dad she never met. Now, with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip, she's 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 Spanish -- which she doesn't speak. As Almudena tries to adjust to this new reality, she gets to know the residents of Xavier's 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 can't understand why she doesn't know where she comes from. Others think she's "not brown enough" 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."-- Back cover. Ages 14 and up. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 20250122. Multiracial people Comic books, strips, etc. Identity (Philosophical concept) Comic books, strips, etc. Fathers and daughters Comic books, strips, etc. Families Comic books, strips, etc. Neighborhoods Comic books, strips, etc. Gentrification Comic books, strips, etc. Guatemalan Americans Comic books, strips, etc. Hispanic Americans Comic books, strips, etc. Coming-of-age comics. Historical comics. Julia, Marina, illustrator.