Once I Was You -- Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the MIC

by María Hinojosa

"When Maria speaks, I'm ready to listen and learn." --Lin-Manuel Miranda

Emmy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has created a brand-new, unique version of her adult memoir, which was an NPR Best Book of 2020, for young readers, blending her story with perspectives on history in the vein of Jason Reynolds's Stamped.

"There is no such thing as an illegal human being."

Maria Hinojosa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1665902817
• ISBN13: 9781665902816
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7