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Laekan Zea Kemp

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June 21

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Laekan Zea Kemp is a writer living in Austin, Texas. Her debut novel, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet was a 2022 Pura Belpré Honor Recipient. She has three objectives when it comes to storytelling: to make people laugh, cry, and crave Mexican food. Her work celebrates Chicane grit, resilience, creativity, and joy while exploring themes of identity and mental health.

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Average rating: 3.84 · 18,079 ratings · 1,996 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl In Between (The Girl in Between, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 9,154 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet 3.92 avg rating — 2,617 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Boy In Her Dreams (The Girl In Between, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 2,273 ratings — 3 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 Children of the Moon (The Girl In Between, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — 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
	An Appetite for Miracles 4.13 avg rating — 659 ratings — published 2023 — 11 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 Daughter of the Night (The Girl in Between, #4) 3.41 avg rating — 518 ratings	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
	A Crown for Corina by Laekan Zea Kemp (Goodreads Author), Elisa Chavarri (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 390 ratings — 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
	Heartbreak Symphony really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Desert Song by Laekan Zea Kemp (Goodreads Author), Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 226 ratings — 5 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
	Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza 4.21 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2022 — 12 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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2022: My Year of Rest

When I left the classroom in the summer of 2020 I thought the relief would be immediate. I thought my body would sense this newfound safety. That it would relinquish the worry and dead weight. That rest would come easy.

It did not come easy.

In fact, it didn’t come at all.

Instead, I took all of that anxious energy I’d been swimming in for four and a half years (really, the past decade) and chann

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“Because the truth was I was tired. I was tired of fighting but more importantly I was tired of losing, of being disappointed.”
― Laekan Zea Kemp, The Girl In Between

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“People don’t exist in just the light or the dark. They exist in the contrast. In the shadows where the two overlap.”
― Laekan Zea Kemp, The Girl In Between

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“That was one of the worst things about being sick. Someone was always waiting on you, which meant disappointing people was inevitable.”
― Laekan Zea Kemp, The Girl In Between

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