The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

Written by Lorraine Avila

Narrated by Lorraine Avila

Elizabeth Acevedo has said that reading Lorraine Avila feels like an “UPPERCUT to the senses.” We couldn’t agree more. We have never encountered an author with prose of this sensitivity and fire.

Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She’s starting to feel at home at 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, 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 readers everywhere.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9781705099315

Reviews for The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

[Rumana Banu · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Its was very interesting story about her we should learn how things will change in our life and we should have to be ready for everything thanks

[oid Fus · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

nice one. i will heared again and again. all things best

[Shiwanthi Dellawa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Just a practical ,timely advisable story.i like it..and i would like to heard onece more