Community Garden- New Novel Coming January 2025!

Hello Readers!

I'm so excited to announce that my latest novel Community Garden will be available in January 2025! The exact date is still in the works, but it will be announced soon, so make sure to follow me on social media and sign up for my newsletter! BTW: newsletter subscribers will get ARC copies one week before others!

Community Garden is a contemporary YA novel with a coming-of-age plot. It features a Latina main character who suffers from fibromyalgia and is learning how to overcome her grief while also figuring out her feelings for the new girl at school!

Here is the blurb:

Nilsa “Nichi” Rivera struggles every day with her fibromyalgia pain after her papi passed away the previous summer. Her disability causes extreme muscle discomfort, exhaustion, and she tries to force herself through a normal teenage life. Plus, living in a strict Puerto Rican household is not easy when Mami picks on Nichi’s weight, lifestyle, and inability to fight through her physical disability. But when the topic for this year’s senior project is Improving the Community, Nichi scrambles for an idea, until she comes across an empty lot and immediately envisions a garden for her barrio, or neighborhood. Plus, a new girl at school steals Nichi’s heart with her punk rock style and flirtatious ways.

Nichi must face financial burdens, family conflict, and understanding her sexuality. But can she break the barriers of a traditional Latin household while dealing with insurmountable grief?

In this celebratory novel about love, family, and the power of gardening, Nichi learns to find meaning in her life and how she can remember her papi.

The exact date is still in the works, but it will be announced soon, so make sure to follow me on social media and sign up for my newsletter! BTW: newsletter subscribers will get ARC copies one week before others!