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Where Wonder Grows
by Xelena González
When their Grandma invites them to explore her collection of treasures in her special garden, her granddaughters find their imaginations sparked by these objects from nature that each tell a powerful story.
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Frizzy
by Claribel A. Ortega
Tired of going to the salon to have her curls straightened every weekend, Marlene slowly learns to embrace her natural curly hair with the help of her best friend and favorite aunt.
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Burn Down, Rise Up
by Vincent Tirado
When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
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The Notebook Keeper : a Story of Kindness from the Border
by Stephen Briseño
Based on a true account, this moving and beautifully illustrated picture follows Noemi and her Mama as they flee their home in Mexico and head for the U.S. border, where an unexpected act of kindness changes their lives forever.
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Tumble
by Celia C. Pérez
While trying to make a life-changing decision, 12-year-old Adela Ramirez searches for her birth father, which leads her to the legendary Bravos, professional wrestlers who teach her what it really means to be part of a family.
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Breathe and Count Back from Ten
by Natalia Sylvester
Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Verónica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. She decides it's time to seize control of her life, but her plans come crashing down when she learns her parents have been hiding the truth from her--the truth about her own body.
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The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
Había una vez...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. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet--and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, anyhope for our future. Can she make them live again?
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How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
When she takes a job as a “merch girl” on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers, Moon Fuentez, the twin sister of a social media star, questions her destiny as the unnoticed, unloved wallflower she always thought she was.
*This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library.
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Efrén Divided
by Ernesto Cisneros
While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico.
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Furia
by Yamile Saied Méndez
Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.
*This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library.
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Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
by
Carlos Alberto Hernandez
In order to heal after his mother's death, thirteen-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes.
*This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library.
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The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoThe daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. *This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library. |
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Lucky Broken Girl
by
Ruth Behar
A semi-autobiographical story about a multicultural girl's coming-of-age in the 1960s describes how Cuban-Jewish Ruthie Mizrahi emigrates with her family from Castro's Cuba to New York, where a devastating accident challenges her perceptions about mortality and strength.
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Juana and Lucas
by
Juana Medina
A spunky young girl from Columbia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
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Enchanted Air : Two Cultures, Two Wings : a Memoir
by Margarita Engle
A poetic memoir describes the author's experiences as a child of two cultures during the Cold War, when her visits to her mother's beloved home in tropical Cuba are disrupted by the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie AgosínWith the political unrest in Chile after a military dictatorship takes over, a young girl, Celeste Marconi, is sent by her parents to Maine for her safety, where she adapts to a new life, while still dreaming of her home country. *This title is located in the Teen Middle Fiction (TM) section of the library. |
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg MedinaInformed that a bully she does not know is determined to beat her up because of her pale skin, good grades and lack of accent, Latin American teen Piddy struggles to stay on top of a busy work schedule and learn more about the father she has never met until the bully's gang forces her to confront more difficult challenges. *This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library. |
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzFifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. *This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library. |
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Under the Mesquite
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry.
*This title is located in the
Teen High Fiction (TH)
section of the library.
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The Dreamer
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
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Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge
by Raúl the Third
Using their new truck to carry party supplies over the bridge, Little Lobo and his dog Bernabé are stuck in traffic and decide to throw an epic party to pass the time.
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Dreamers
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Yuyi Morales
An illustrated picture book autobiography in which Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
*This title is located in the Easy Non-Fiction section of the library .
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La Princesa and the Pea
by
Susan Middleton Elya
A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess.
*This title is located in the Easy Non-Fiction section of the library.
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Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
by
Cathy Camper
Proudly opening their very own garage, the loveable trio from Lowriders in Space search for their missing cat only to find themselves in the realm of the Aztec god of the Underworld, in a graphic novel.
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Drum Dream Girl : How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by
Margarita Engle
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
*This title is located in the Easy Fiction (E) section of the library.
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Viva Frida!
by
Yuyi Morales
Bilingual text, accompanied by colorful photographs, explores the famous artist's life, and illuminates the laughter, love, and tragedy that influenced her work.
*This title is located in the Easy Language Learning (LL E) section of the library.
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Niño Wrestles the World
by Yuyi Morales
Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.
*This title is located in the Easy Fiction (E) section of the library.
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Martín de Porres : The Rose in the Desert
by Gary D. Schmidt
The author of the Newbery Honor-winning
The Wednesday Wars
and the illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning
Smoky Night
shares the triumphant story of the mixed-race saint known for his healing miracles and advocacy of orphaned children, tracing his rise from slavery to becoming an esteemed member of the Dominican Order.
*This title is located in the Easy Non-Fiction section of the library.
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Diego Rivera : His World and Ours
by Duncan Tonatiuh
The author of
Dear Primo
tells the story of Diego Rivera as a young, mischievous boy who demonstrated a clear passion for art and then went on to become one of the most famous painters of the 20th century.
*This title is located in the Easy Non-Fiction section of the library.
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Grandma's Gift
by Eric Velasquez
Eric and Grandma preparing a traditional Puerto Rican celebration during their Christmas visit together and making a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where a painting by Diego Velázquez inspires Eric to become an artist when he grows up.
*This title is located in the Easy Fiction (E)
section of the library.
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*This title is located in the
Easy Language Learning (LL E)
section of the library.
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