Meg Medina

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2008
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Merci Suarez

1 - Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Sep-2018)
2 - Merci Suarez Can't Dance (Apr-2021)
3 - Merci Suarez Plays It Cool (Sep-2022)

Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Milagros: Girl from Away

    Milagros de le Torre hasn’t had an easy life: ever since her father sailed away with pirates she’s been teased at school and there’s the constant struggle for her family to make ends meet. Still, Milagros loves her small island in the Caribbean...

  • Tia Isa Wants a Car

    A little girl pitches in to help her tía save up for a big old car - and take the whole family to the beach - in a story told with warmth and sweetness. Tía Isa wants a car. A shiny green car the same color as the ocean, with wings like a swoopi...

  • The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

    Sonia's entire village believes she has a gift, but it's only in leaving home that she finds out who she truly is. A compelling tale from a rich new voice in young adult fiction. Sixteen-year-old Sonia Ocampo was born on the night of the worst sto...

  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

    In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school -- and must discover resources she never knew she had. One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants...

  • Mango, Abuela, and Me

    When a little girl's far-away grandmother comes to stay, love and patience transcend language in a tender story written by acclaimed author Meg Medina. Mia's "abuela" has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her p...

  • Burn Baby Burn

    While violence runs rampant throughout New York, a teenage girl faces danger within her own home in Meg Medina's riveting coming-of-age novel. Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson,...

  • Merci Suarez Changes Gears

    Merci Suarez - 1

    Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina. Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just ...

  • Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away

    From Newbery Medalist Meg Medina comes the bittersweet story of two girls who will always be each other’s número uno, even though one is moving away. A big truck with its mouth wide open is parked at the curb, ready to gobble up Evelyn’s mirr...

  • Merci Suarez Can't Dance

    Merci Suarez - 2

    In Meg Medina’s follow-up to her Newbery Medalâ€"winning novel, Merci takes on seventh grade, with all its travails of friendship, family, love -- and finding your rhythm. Seventh grade is going to be a real trial for Merci Suárez. For science she...



  • Merci Suarez Plays It Cool

    Merci Suarez - 3

    In a satisfying finale to her trilogy, Newbery Medalist Meg Medina follows Merci Suárez into an eighth-grade year full of changes -- evolving friendships, new responsibilities, and heartbreaking loss. For Merci Suárez, eighth grade means a new hair...

  • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel

    Newbery Medalist Meg Medina returns to her powerful YA novel about school bullying with a dynamic graphic-novel edition adapted and illustrated by Mel Valentine Vargas.It’s the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad “Piddy” Sanchez...

  • No More Senora Mimi

    From Newbery Medalist Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, comes a poignant salute to the caregivers who enter a child’s tender world. Ana cannot contain her excitement -- her abuela is coming to stay with her and Mami f...

  • Graciela in the Abyss

    A sea ghost, a mortal boy, and a dangerous enchanted harpoon . . . A Newbery Medalist takes us far beneath the waves in this extraordinary foray into fantasy.In the deepest recesses of the ocean, Graciela—once an ordinary girl—now makes s...

Award-Winning Books by Meg Medina

Merci Suarez Changes Gears
2019 Newbery Medal -- Children's
Tia Isa Wants a Car
2012 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award -- New Writer
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
2013 Cybils -- Young Adult Fiction
2014 In the Margins Book Award -- Young Adult
2014 Pura Belpre Award -- Author


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Meg Medina has published 13 books.

The next book by Meg Medina, Graciela in the Abyss, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Meg Medina, Milagros: Girl from Away, was published in November 2008.

Yes. Meg Medina has 1 series.
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