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Frizzy

by Claribel A. Ortega

Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 730L · 2022

Why we'd hand it over

Claribel A. Ortega nails the specificity of Afro-Latina girlhood—hair shame, family love, school isolation—in prose that feels honest without being preachy; kids with natural texture hair see themselves, and all kids learn something real about beauty myths.

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