This book is my new.... favorite. Which is what I say every time, but I love Clementina more. Which is also what I say every time.

Inspiring story of a trailblazing entrepreneur.
Every time I read a book by Adriana Ramírez it becomes my new favorite. Clementina is no exception. The story is a template for entrepreneurship and allyship and friendship. Brain researchers tell us that our brains light up exactly the same way when we are reading a story as when we are having the experiences. At the end I had that happy goosebump feeling where the emotion rises inside of you and might come out in tears. The clever ways in which she approaches challenges creatively and succeeds in ways that her competitors don't is interesting and inspiring. There are pages and pages of information at the beginning and ending explaining idiomatic expressions and cultural information and questions to ask students or yourself to think more deeply about expectations for women and the boxes they are put in. It's an advanced novel appropriate for level 4 or native speakers, but even if you are a Spanish teacher wanting to improve your own Spanish or an independent learner who needs the very complete glossary you will love the story and the telling of it. This is my new favorite Adriana Ramírez book. It would work as a class novel at upper levels or as independent reading for heritage speakers. Young women should read the book because Clementina was an inspiration. Young men should read it because having female role models like this dismantle the idea that only men can achieve this kind of success and open more doors in the future.