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Lola
by Karla Valenti
As her brother grows sicker by the day, 10-year-old Lola, touched by magic, journeys into a hidden world to find the cure. But to save him, she must use her wits and face her deepest fears to defeat the kingdom's young queen before it's too late.
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The Dream Catcher
by Marcelo Verdad
A boy stays true to his biggest dream while finding the magic in every moment. Can living in the here and now can be a journey every bit as beautiful as a dream?
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Shut Up, This Is Serious
by Carolina Ixta
Two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland navigate challenging circumstances and discover that the world is brimming with messy complexities.
*This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library.
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Ultraviolet
by Aida Salazar
Bent on revenge after betrayal and heartbreak, eighth grader Elio Solis doesn't anticipate that a fight to prove his manhood and defend his girlfriend's honor will lead to dire consequences.
*This title is located in the Teen Middle Fiction (TM) section of the library.
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Cruzita and the Mariacheros
by Ashley Granillo
Cruzita must save her family's failing panaderia by winning a mariachi band contest. The only problem? She absolutely hates mariachi and cannot speak Spanish.
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Libertad
by Bessie Flores Zaldâivar
As the 2017 presidential election looms in Honduras, queer high school senior Libertad faces homophobia at home and school and threats to her political poetry online. When tragedy strikes, she must speak her truth or leave the only home she's ever known.
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Wild Dreamers
by Margarita Engle
Living out of their car ever since her militant father became one of the FBI's most wanted, Ana meets Leandro, who struggles with crippling anxiety. Forming an instant connection, they fight to protect wildlife and heal from their troubled pasts.
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Mexikid
by Pedro Martin
Pedro Martin has 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.
*This title is located in the Teen Graphic Novels section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Teen Graphic Novels section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Teen High Fiction (TH) section of the library.
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The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children have been chosen to journey to a new planet. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes on this new planet and discovers 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?
*This title is located in the Teen Middle Fiction (TM) section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Juvenile Fiction section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Juvenile Fiction section of the library.
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Juana and Lucas
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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.
*This title is located in the Juvenile Fiction section of the library.
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Mexikid
by Pedro Martin
Pedro Martin has 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.
*This title is located in the Teen Graphic Novels section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Easy Fiction section of the library.
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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.
*This title is located in the Easy Graphic Novels section of the library.
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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
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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.
*This title is located in the Juvenile Graphic Novels section of the library.
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Drum Dream Girl : How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
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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 section of the library.
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Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi MoralesLucha 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 section of the library. |
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