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Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
by Pedro Martin
Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir.
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Saints of the Household
by Ari Tison
After breaking up a fight that harms their school's star soccer player in the process, two Bribri American brothers have to lay low due to their physically abusive father and grapple with the weight of their actions to find their way forward.
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Papâa's Magical Water-Jug Clock
by Jesâus Trejo
Little Jesâus is excited to spend a Saturday with his landscaper Papâa at the "family business." He loves Papâa's cool truck and all the tools he gets to use. Papâa even puts him in charge of the magical water jug, which is also a clock! When it's empty, Papâa explains, the workday will be done. It's a big job, and Jesâus wants to do it right. But he just can't help giving water to an array of thirsty animals--a dog in a sweater, some very old cats, and a flock of peacocks. Before he knows it, the magical water jug is empty--but the workday's not over yet! Will Jesâus be fired?! Or is the jug not really magical after all?
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Aniana Del Mar Jumps In
by Jasminne Mâendez
Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. What follows is the journey of a girl who must grieve who she once was in order to rise like the tide and become the young woman she is meant to be.
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Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive regime.
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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 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, any hope 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.
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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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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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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
by
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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