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Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar
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Libertad

Penguin Young Readers Group · 2025-09-02

Edition details: Paperback – September 2, 2025

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
  • Good for readers interested in award
  • Good for fans of Young Adult

What You Get

  • Themes: Romance, Young, Teen.
  • Reading lane: People & Places and Social Themes.
  • Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group.

About This Book

Now in paperback, a queer YA coming-of-age set during the rigged Honduran presidential election. * FOUR STARRED REVIEWS* As the contentious 2017 presidential election looms and protests rage across every corner of the city, life in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, churns louder and faster. For her part, high school senior Libertad (Libi) Morazán takes heart in writing political poetry for her anonymous Instagram account and a budding romance with someone new. But things come to a head...

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Now in paperback, a queer YA coming-of-age set during the rigged Honduran presidential election. * FOUR STARRED REVIEWS* As the contentious 2017 presidential election looms and protests rage across every corner of the city, life in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, churns louder and faster. For her part, high school senior Libertad (Libi) Morazán takes heart in writing political poetry for her anonymous Instagram account and a budding romance with someone new. But things come to a head when Mami sees texts on her phone mentioning a kiss with a girl and Libi discovers her beloved older brother, Maynor, playing a major role in the protests. As Libertad faces the political and social corruption around her, stifling homophobia at home and school, and ramped up threats to her poetry online, she begins dreaming of a future in which she doesn’t have to hide who she is or worry about someone she loves losing their life just for speaking up. Then the ultimate tragedy strikes, and leaving her family and friends—plus the only home she’s ever known—might be her only option.

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