Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature Motivational She describes the chingona spirit Meet more wonderful characters She describes the chingona spirit she began to claim within herself and leads us toward the courage required to speak up and speak out against oppressive systems elegant vision of an urban paradise slowly revealing its imperfections to the tune of its visitors’ rhythms is a masterpiece—a future classic for generations to come Montaño and Postma Montaño demonstrate how Latinx literature for young readers reveals the oppressions that affect the everyday lives of Latinx youth in order to destabilize the racist notions that inform them Using Gloria Anzaldúa's theories of conocimiento as a critical lens