Boffone, Trevor and Cristina Herrea, eds. Nerds, Goths, Geeks and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature. University Press of Mississippi, 2020. 214 pages. ISBN: 9781496827463

Cristina Rhodes

doi:10.21900/j.rydl.v3i.1559

Authors

Cristina Rhodes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.rydl.v3i.1559

Keywords:

latinx young adult literature, chicanx young adult literature, diversity, book review

References

Boffone, Trevor and Cristina Herrera, editors. Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature. U of Mississippi P, 2020.

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