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Natalia Sylvester

   

Natalia Sylvester

Award-Winning Author
Featured STIBF Author

   

   

Natalia Sylvester is a Pura Belpré- and Schneider Family-honor winning author whose work spans middle grade, young adult, picture books, and adult fiction.

Her books include Breathe and Count Back from Ten, Running, Everyone Knows You Go Home, Chasing the Sun, and the picture book A Maleta Full of Treasures. Her debut middle grade novel, No Way Never Sisters, co-written with Chantel Acevedo, was released in 2026.

   

Featured Book:

No Way Sisters by Natalia SylvesterNo Way Never Sisters

Melisa Flores and Roxy Romero are not fans of each other. Roxy is sporty while Meli is artsy. Meli keeps her friend circle small while Roxy is pals with everyone. Their little brothers might get along like fruit in a delicious smoothie, but Meli and Roxy do not mix.

So when their parents announce their engagement, the girls are horrified. Previous experience has told them they’ll never be friends, much less sisters. 

Meli and Roxy decide they have to do something to prevent this future blended family from ruining all their lives.

The girls scheme to show their parents exactly how incompatible their families are by sabotaging the renovations of the house they’re supposed to live happily ever after in. From home improvement store catastrophes to disastrous paint jobs, it’s clear the girls are good teammates when it comes to causing chaos. Could it be enough to convince their parents to call off the wedding?

But as the girls plot to show their parents exactly how incompatible their families are, they start to actually like each other—causing major complications when their plan begins working a little too well…

See Natalia at STIBF:

It's Complicated:
A Book Talk on Growing Up with Huda Fahmy & Natalia Sylvester
Saturday, October 24 | 3:00PM
Meeting Room A | For Tweens
Natalia and Huda talk about changing families, relationships, identity, and all the complications that come with growing up. Natalia's No Way Never Sisters follows Meli and Roxy, two girls determined to stop their parents from getting married who discover they might not dislike each other quite as much as they thought.

Meet Natalia After Her Session
Books will be available from The Storybook Garden. Natalia will sign books directly after her scheduled sessions in the Computer Lab.


Learn More About Natalia
[Visit Natalia Sylvester's Website] 

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