Dearest Bookworms,
Happy Portugal Day! This post is a two for one special, not only is it being posted on Portugal Day, it is also Portugese National Heritage Month!!
Since Portugal Day commemorates the passing of poet Luís de Camões, a collection of his works are featured in this booklist!
- The collected lyric poems of Luís de Camões
- Eyes open by Lyn Miller-Lachmann Living under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal, Sónia must find her voice as a poet and an activist after the government arrests her boyfriend and shuts down her family's business.
- Our beautiful darkness by Ondjaki During a blackout in a war-torn Angola, two teenagers explore their deepest emotions as they share personal stories and dreams in the intimacy of the darkness.
- London on my mind by Clara Alves When her mother passes away, 16-year-old Dayana is forced to live with her estranged father and his new family in London where she is utterly miserable until she runs into the girl of her dreams outside Buckingham Palace who draws her into a real-life royal scandal.
- Pardalita by Joana Estrela 16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each other while working on a play. And Raquel falls in love. Using a gorgeous blend of prose poems, illustrations, and graphic novel format, Estrela captures the feeling of being a teenager in a way that feels gentle, joyful, and real.
Happy Reading!
Sincerly Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian,
Katrina
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