A winner of the Pura Belpré Award, now in Spanish!
âWe need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness.â âSandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street
EfrĂ©n Navaâs AmĂĄ is his Superwomanâor Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both AmĂĄ and ApĂĄ work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure EfrĂ©n and his younger siblings Max and MĂa feel safe and loved.
But EfrĂ©n worries about his parents; although heâs American-born, his parents are undocumented. His worst nightmare comes true one day when AmĂĄ doesnât return from work and is deported across the border to Tijuana, MĂ©xico.
Now more than ever, Efrén must channel his inner Soperboy to help take care of and try to reunite his family.
This book won the Pura Belpré Award for Children's Literature and the California Book Award, and it was named a best book of the year by Kirkus and the Chicago Public Library.