2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Don't Date Rosa Santos

Nina Moreno
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Recommended by: Elizabeth Acevedo  author of The Poet X and With the Fire on High

also recommended by: Justin A. Reynolds, author of Opposite of Always

 

Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat.

But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an artist who crashes in and out of her life like a hurricane. Between Port Coral, the quirky South Florida town they call home, and Cuba, the island her abuela refuses to talk about.

As her college decision looms, Rosa collides - literally - with Alex Aquino, the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina. With her heart, her family, and her future on the line, can Rosa break a curse and find her place beyond the horizon?

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