No hay nada más trágico que una chica buena enamorada de un chico malo.

Especialmente cuando está en la escuela intermedia.

2025

In 2018 I had a dream and a lot of determination. I reached out to both big publishers like Penguin Books and also smaller publishers who focused on educational materials. In a crazy twist of fate, my manuscript ended up on Jeremy Jordan’s desk at TPRS Books. What makes this crazy was that I had actually met Jeremy two years earlier, at a NTPRS conference in Reno! I sat next to him, thinking nothing of it, but I heard all the whispers and noticed all the heads turning towards him. I didn’t know he was a Teacher of the Year in his home state. I didn’t know he was famous on YouTube as el Señor Jordan. So we sat together and just talked like regular people.

And then he was my editor for my first book…and then my second, third, fourth, and fifth! I will always be grateful he decided to take a chance on me. He truly helped me become the writer I am today.

2018

As a teacher, I’m always working hard to keep my students hooked and 100% engaged. Last year I began writing this TPRS novela because I just couldn’t find recreational reading that kept my middle schoolers’ interest. While I have since discovered some teacher-authors who write for a teen audience, I still felt that what I was looking for wasn’t out there yet.

Whether you’re learning Spanish or already a native speaker in search of something to read in our native language, I hope you enjoy this story about the heartbreak of growing up and first love. It’s heavy on cognates and context clues so the reader can focus on the twists and turns of the story itself without getting tangled up in tricky grammar constructions.

Enjoy!

And stay tuned, because next I plan to release another one, about zombies and one boy’s journey to the ends of the world in search of survivors.