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2024 Hispanic Heritage Month Reads: Burn down, rise up

About the Author:

Vincent Tirado is a non-binary Afro-Latine Bronx native. They ventured out to Pennsylvania and Ohio to get their Bachelor’s degree in biology and Master’s degree in bioethics. Their first novel, BURN DOWN, RISE UP (2022) was recognized with the Pura Belpré Award, and nominated for both the Bram Stoker and Lambda Literary Award. When they're not writing, you can catch them playing video games or making digital art.

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Burn down, rise up by Vincent Tirado

"When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process"

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Author: Vincent Tirado

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Author: Vincent Tirado