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 Hispanic Heritage Month Learn, create, and enjoy as we celebrate the richness of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Each year from September 15 to October 15, we honor the histories, cultures, and achievements of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Hispanic Heritage touches us in many ways in Stark County, from the popularity of pinatas at birthday parties to the more profound coming to terms with death through the celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Literature, artistry, leadership, and more abound here and throughout the United States, thanks to generations of Hispanic Americans. Check out the reading list below to see titles by and about Hispanic Americans, chosen for you by our librarians. We also encourage you to browse the library and check out our monthly displays-many of them feature Hispanic authors and stories. Our collection also has books in Spanish for readers of all ages. |
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The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir
by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Interweaving family stories more enchanting than those in any novel, resurrected Colombian history, and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, Rojas Contreras writes her way through the incomprehensible and into her inheritance. The result is a luminous testament to the power of storytelling as a healing art and an invitation to embrace the extraordinary.
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App Kid: How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream
by Michael Sayman
The story of a young Latino who taught himself to code at age 13, became Facebook's youngest employee ever, and went on to create dozens of apps, which have been downloaded more than 3 million times worldwide. Here he shares the highs and lows of his journey, an essential and affirming read for anyone marching to the beat of their own drum.
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Cuba: An American History
by Ada Ferrer
Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States-as well as the author's own extensive travel to the island over the same period-this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.
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In the shadow of the mountain : a memoir of courage
by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
A Latinx powerhouse in the tech world of Silicon Valley returns home to Peru and turns her life around by climbing the worlds highest peaks along with other victims of childhood trauma.
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau: A Novel
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
When the arrival of Eduardo Lizalde sets in motion a dangerous chain of events, Carlota Moreau finds her carefully constructed world falling down around her as passion is ignited in the sweltering heat of the jungle where a motley group of monstrosities await.
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Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Olga, the wedding planner for Manhattans power brokers, must confront the effects of long-held family secrets when she falls in love with Matteo, while other family members must weather their own storms.
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Perpetual West: A Novel
by Mesha Maren
As Alex and Elana try to make their home among the academics and young leftists in El Paso and Juarez, they are pulled from each other by an affair with a lucha libre fighter, their struggles to define themselves, and the loud cry of home.
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Woman of Light: A Novel
by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
In 1930s Denver, Luz "Little Light" Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, begins having visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory where she must save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion.
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High Spirits : Short Stories On Dominican Diaspora
by Camille Gomera-Tavarez
This collection of 11 interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora explore machismo, mental health and identity by following one extended family across multiple generations.
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Solimar : the sword of the monarchs
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Gifted with the ability to see the near future and tasked with protecting the young and weak monarch butterflies. On the eve of her Quinceanera, princess-to-be Solimar must save her family, the kingdom and the future of the monarch butterflies from a greedy and dangerous king.
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Ballad & Dagger
by Daniel José Older
While performing for a music legend on the night of the Grand Fete, piano prodigy Mateo witnesses a brutal murder that awakens a power within him, linking him to the killer and possibly unlocking the dark mystery behind his lost homeland.
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Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny
by Margarita Engle
Rima loves to ride horses alongside her abuela and Las Mambisas, the fierce women veterans who fought during Cuba's wars for independence. Feminists from many backgrounds have gathered in voting clubs to demand suffrage and equality for women, but not everybody wants equality for all-especially not for someone like Rima.
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I am Frida Kahlo
by Brad Meltzer
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great-the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. This book features Frida Kahlo, the renowned Mexican painter and activist. After surviving a bus crash, she made her mark in art history for her unique way of looking at the world and integrating her own image and life into her paintings.
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Falling short
by Ernesto Cisneros
Two best friends, one athletically gifted and one academically gifted, have more in common than they realize when their goals intersect, forcing them to find a way to support each other so they dont fall short.
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Coming Up Cuban
by Sonia Manzano
Fifteen-time Emmy Award winner and Pura Belpre honoree Sonia Manzano examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed.
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