# Shut Up, This Is Serious

**Author:** Carolina Ixta
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–18
**First published:** 2024
**Genre:** Young Adult Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780063287884`
**ISBN-10:** `0063287889`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/shut-up-this-is-serious
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Two Latina best friends in Oakland navigate love, family pressure, and a senior year that doesn't go as planned, in this Pura Belpré Award-winning debut. a 2026-2027 California Young Reader Medal (Young Adult) nominee.

## Themes

- friendship
- identity
- family

## Where this book is assigned

### California Young Reader Medal

- **recommended** · 9th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)

### Pura Belpré Author Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Author Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2025 Belpré Author Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)

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