The Making of Yolanda la Bruja - Lorraine Avila

Category: Fantasy, General Fiction, Teen & Young Adult
Language: English
Keywords: Contemporary Disability Fantasy Fiction Paranormal Queer Realistic Fiction Urban Fantasy Witches Young Adult

Written by Lorraine Avila
Read by Lorraine Avila
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She’s starting to feel at home Julia De Burgos High, her school in the Bronx. She has her best friend Victory, and maybe something with José, a senior boy she’s getting to know. She’s confident her initiation into her family’s bruja tradition will happen soon.

But then a white boy, the son of a politician, appears at Julia De Burgos High, and his vibes are off. And Yolanda’s initiation begins with a series of troubling visions of the violence this boy threatens. How can Yolanda protect her community, in a world that doesn’t listen? Only with the wisdom and love of her family, friends, and community—and the Brujas Diosas, her ancestors and guides.

The Making of Yolanda La Bruja is the book this country, struggling with the plague of gun violence, so desperately needs, but which few could write. Here Lorraine Avila brings a story born from the intersection of race, justice, education, and spirituality that will capture listeners everywhere.

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 06-27-23