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Diverse Reads for All Ages Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15 |
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The extraordinary orbit of Alex Ramirez
by Jasminne Paulino
Alex, a neurodiverse seventh grader, works to convince his teachers and parents that he is ready to leave his self-contained classroom and join his grade's mainstream science class
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The Island of Forgotten Gods
by Victor Piñeiro
Twelve-year-old Nico and his cousins' seemly boring summer in Puerto Rico takes a horrific turn when they encounter the legendary chupacabra, a cult, and the gods who created the island
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Sundust
by Zeke Peäna
A look at the author's hometown of El Paso, where the sun reigns over the vast desert and shapes all that it touches
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Abuelita's song
by Gloria Amescua
A sweet story integrating Spanish words and celebrating the family and music that connects us all
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Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters
by Miriam Zoila Pérez
Cuban American Camila Nunez has always been afraid of the future. She's been working hard to keep her anxieties in check, but with so many new experiences--her first queer love, trouble with her dog walking job, her mother's judgments about her body, learning to drive, her father being too busy with work--there's just so much to worry about. So when Camila's best friend gives her a tarot card reading for her sixteenth birthday, she believes it when the cards predict terrible things to come. As the year unfolds, the cards seem to be spot-on--is her papi having an affair? Will her best friend's love life ruin their friendship? Are all her relationships doomed to fail? Whether she's ready or not, Camila will have to reckon with all the ways her fear about the future is ruining her life and learn to find peace amidst it all.
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Salvación
by Sandra Proudman
With rising tension in Alta California after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, seventeen-year-old Lola de La Peana becomes the masked vigilante Salvaciaon to protect her family and town from a man wielding deadly magic, but her mission is complicated when she begins falling for Alejandro, a member of his dangerous entourage.
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When we ride : a novel
by Rex Ogle
"Diego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighborhood. That's why she gave him her car. Diego's best friend, Lawson, needs a ride--because Lawson is dealing. As long as Diego's not carrying, not selling, it's cool. It's just weed. But when Lawson starts carrying powder and pills and worse, their friendship is tested and their lives are threatened. As the lines between dealer and driver blur, everything Diego has worked for is jeopardized, and he faces a deadly reckoning with the choices he and his best friend have made.
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If we survive this
by Racquel Marie
After a global outbreak of a rabies mutation that creates zombie-like creatures, eighteen-year-old Flora Braddock Paz and her brother journey to a secluded cabin in Northern California in search of safety, only to confront familiar faces, hidden truths, painful memories, and the inescapable presence of death
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Alligator tears : a memoir in essays
by Edgar Gomez
This darkly humorous memoir-in-essays explores the challenges of the American Dream and survival in Florida, recounting the author's experiences with poverty, family struggles and resilience as a queer Latinx individual navigating life's path.
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Dreaming of home : how we turn fear into pride, power, and real change
by Cristina Jimâenez
The award-winning community organizer chronicles her life as an undocumented immigrant in New York City facing systemic racism and community challenges while discovering her purpose in social justice and reimagining the concept of home amid societal upheaval.
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Invitación al viaje y otros cuentos / An Invitation to the Journey and Other Stories
by Julio Ramón Ribeyro
After being shelved for five decades, the stories that make up this volume show the diverse facets and registers of Ribeyro's narrative work. The unsettling urban scene, the failed erotic adventure, the absurd humor, the artist's urgencies, and the fantastic experience shape the spirit of these stories, in which the lucidity, sensibility, jokes, and indisputable talent of an author essential to Latin American literature are highlighted with renewed air
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