Shannon C. F. Rogers

Eighteen Roses by Shannon C. F. Rogers tells the story of Lucia Cruz, who is turning eighteen this year. Traditionally, this would mean having a debut, but Lucia is not the debutante type. Everything about a traditional Filipino debut feels wrong for her. Besides, custom dictates that eighteen friends attend her debut, and Lucia only has one friend—Esmé. However, Esmé...

Packed with voice, Shannon C.F. Rogers' I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom is a powerful YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother's death. Some girls call their mother their best friend. Marisol Martin? She could never relate. She and her mom were forever locked in an argument...