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National Hispanic Heritage Month Each year, from September 15 to October 15, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the histories, cultures, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic American champions who have inspired others to achieve success. We hope you enjoy these titles — specially selected by your librarian!
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The undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
An Ivy League-educated DACA beneficiary reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans, from the volunteers recruited for the 9/11 Ground Zero cleanup to the homeopathy botanicas of Miami that provide limited health care to non-citizens.
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My time to speak : reclaiming ancestry and confronting race
by Ilia Calderón
An inspiring, timely, and conversation-starting memoir from the barrier-breaking and Emmy Award-winning journalist Ilia Calderón-the first Afro-Latina to anchor a high-profile newscast for a major Hispanic broadcast network in the United States-about following your dreams, overcoming prejudice, and embracing your identity.
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A farewell to Gabo and Mercedes : a son's memoir
by Rodrigo García
In March 2014, Gabriel García Márquez, one of the most internationally beloved writers of the 20th century, came down with a cold. He was almost 87 years old, and battling dementia. 'I don't think we'll get out of this one,' Mercedes Barcha, his wife of over fifty years, told Rodrigo, their son. As reality begins to sink in, Rodrigo asks himself, 'Is this how the end begins?' Instead of waiting for an answer, Rodrigo starts to write about the beginning of the end. The resulting pages became A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes -- an intimate and honest account of the last days of a literary genius's life, written by an exceptional witness.
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I was never the First Lady : a novel
by Wendy Guerra
A Cuban woman who was abandoned as a child by her mother who left to join the revolution begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family after winning a scholarship to study in Russia.
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Brother, sister, mother, explorer : a novel
by Jamie Figueroa
After their mother’s death, two siblings in a tourist town deal with depression and try to make enough money performing for the wealthy visitors to afford a plane ticket out while dealing with the ghosts of their ancestors.
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Velvet was the night
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In 1970s Mexico City, Maite, a secretary with a penchant for romance novels, searches for her missing neighbor, Leonora, a beautiful art student, which leads her to an eccentric gangster who longs to escape his own life, and together, they set out to discover the dangerous truth.
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The five wounds : a novel
by Kirstin Valdez Quade
A first novel by the award-winning author of Night at the Fiestas finds a man accepting the role of Jesus in his New Mexico community’s Good Friday procession, before his personal goals of redemption are challenged by a daughter’s pregnancy.
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Songs for the flames : stories
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
An award-winning, best-selling author returns to stories in this collection of nine morally complex tales of men and women touched by violence and whose lives are changed forever by unexpected encounters and unyielding forces.
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The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children, among them Petra and her family, have been chosen to journey to a new planet. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard -- or purged them altogether.
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Wild tongues can't be tamed : 15 voices from the Latinx diaspora
by Saraciea J. Fennell
Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, the authors tackle the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth.
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The Wild Book
by Juan Villoro
Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the summer. Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks fifteen cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to his new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own! He rushes to tell Uncle Tito, who lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him, and he’s the only one who can find the elusive, never-before-read Wild Book.
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This train is being held
by Ism©♭e Williams
Pressured by his Papi to pursue a career in pro sports in spite of his poetic spirit, Alex bonds with an ambitious young dancer whose dreams have been complicated by her mother’s controlling nature, her father’s unemployment and a sibling’s mental illness.
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Travesía : A Migrant Girl’s Cross-Border Journey / El viaje de una joven migrante
by Michelle Gerster
This young adult graphic memoir, based on real events, tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who attempts to cross the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey, filled with both heartbreak and hope, begins in Tijuana. Here they meet the mysterious smuggler el Güero, who promises to lead the young family through the mountains and the scorching heat of the desert and beyond. Can he prove himself by keeping them safe during the crossing? Will America be the country of dreams like they imagined?
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Paletero man
by Lucky Diaz
When a little boy finally catches up to Paletero José, who has the perfect treats for a hot summer day, his pockets are empty, so the entire community bands together to help him find his dinero.
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Selena : queen of Tejano music
by Silvia Lopez
Selena Quintanilla's music career began at the age of nine when she started singing in her family's band. But Selena faced a challenge: people said that she would never make it in Tejano music, which was dominated by male performers. Selena was determined to prove them wrong. Born and raised in Texas, Selena didn't know how to speak Spanish, but with the help of her dad, she learned to sing it. With songs written and composed by her older brother and the fun dance steps Selena created, her band, Selena Y Los Dinos, rose to stardom! A true trailblazer, her success in Tejano music and her crossover into mainstream American music opened the door for other Latinx entertainers, and an inspiration for Latina girls everywhere.
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Cuba in My Pocket
by Adrianna Cuevas
After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, 12-year-old Cumba is sent to Florida alone, where he must navigate a whole new world while wondering if his family will ever be whole again. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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