Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White is the true story of an immigrant girl in 1960s Alabama, told in pictures.

A graphic novel

Sold in bookstores across the US.

The Spanish edition, Cuarto oscuro: Recuerdos en blanco y negro, is available online and through The University of Alabama Press.

Also by the author:

My Year in the Middle, a novel for young readers, published by Candlewick Press. Available online and in bookstores.

On its own merits, Darkroom is a moving and intimate story of one girl growing up in a time of struggle—a story that is both personal and universal, and so beautifully drawn that it doesn’t simply lie on the page but draws the reader in to the world it depicts. — School Library Journal