Algonquin Young Readers

“I wanted what he Diego had. I needed to play on a team like that, to feel the love of the fans. I needed the chance to do something impossible and amazing. To be great.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

“Our family was stuck in a cosmic hamster wheel of toxic love, making the same mistakes, saying the same words, being hurt in the same ways generation after generation. I didn’t want to keep playing a role in this tragedy of errors.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

“Lies have long legs.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

“When we played, we were all the same. We were all one.”
― Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia