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Sofia Quintero

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Sofia Quintero is the author of several novels and short stories that cross genres. Born into a working-class Puerto Rican-Dominican family in the Bronx., the self-proclaimed Ivy League homegirl earned a BA in history-sociology from Columbia University in 1990 and her MPA from the university's School of International and Public Affairs in 1992. After years of working on a range of policy issues from multicultural education to HIV/AIDS, she decided to pursue career that married arts and activism. Under the pen name Black Artemis, she wrote the hip hop novels Explicit Content, Picture Me Rollin and Burn. Sofia is also the author of the novel Divas Dont Yield and contributed novellas to the chica lit anthologies Friday Night Chicas and Names I ...more

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	The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older (Goodreads Author), Sofia Quintero (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.98 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jason Reynolds (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 848 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Show and Prove 3.90 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Efrain's Secret 3.64 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divas Don't Yield: A Novel 3.70 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	On Top How to use the Internet to kick ass at work, advance in your career and bring your ideas to life with very little money really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arrangement it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Daily Magic: Spells and Rituals for Making the Whole Year Magical (Witchcraft & Spells)

by Judika Illes

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Angel Intuition: A Psychic's Guide to the Language of Angels

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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

by Lori Gottlieb (Goodreads Author)

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“The people everyone complains about and no one wants to help.”
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“Y’all don’t say jive anymore, do ya?” “No, that’s some ol’ Sanford and Son stuff.” “You shut your mouth, boy. That Redd Foxx is a comedic genius. That skinny dude you kids think is so funny? Jerry Murphy? Freddie Murphy?” “Eddie Murphy, and he’s the joint!” “Your little Eddie Murphy ain’t got nothing on no Redd Foxx.”
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“Think of it like this. Sara is a minority within a minority within a minority, OK?”
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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

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Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green

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Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

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The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork

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Happyface by Stephen Emond

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Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gill

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Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

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Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

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Matched by Ally Condie

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Efrain's Secret by Sofia Quintero

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The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk

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The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

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