A review by seeceeread
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora by Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Jasminne Mendez, Cristina Arreola, Ibi Zoboi, Naima Coster, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Julian Randall, Saraciea J. Fennell, Janel Martinez, Zakiya Jamal, Natasha Díaz, Lilliam Rivera, Kahlil Haywood, Elizabeth Acevedo

Had you heeded my caution song, you would have known I filed my teeth before I left the house and saved yourself a swollen mouth. Because if you call me 'spicy,' you should expect me to bite your tongue. • Natasha Diaz 

For the kids anxiously wondering why the people they think are like them haven't smiled their way yet. For the not-yet Spanish speakers and the "understand more than I can say"-ers. For the African diaspora that claims Latinidad (and those who find Blackness enough of a home). For the plantain eaters and those who don't look like J.Lo. For the adoptees and fostered kids aching to (re)unite with mami. For the migrants and the oddballs and the ones wondering if their inner voice can be heard in English. 

yes, of course, you, too 💛 

Fennell's collection of heavyhitters and newcomers speak with gentle authority to uncertain youth, as they once were. Garifuna and microaggressed. Comic book lovers and Panamanians. Island hoppers and Bible thumpers and deliciously queer folk beckon here: Come in, there's plenty of laughter and food for all.