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• With the Fire on High

  Acevedo, Elizabeth

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  Teen Fiction. Emoni Santiago is a senior in high school struggling to reconcile her responsibilities - caring for her daughter and supporting her abuela - and her dreams - of going on an expensive class trip and training to become a professional…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ¡Ay, Mija!

  My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

  Suggs, Christine,

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  Teen Graphic Novel. A graphic memoir from author/artist Christine Suggs, recounting their first solo trip to visit family in Mexico at sixteen years old, while speaking very little Spanish. A compelling and personal exploration of their mixed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vanishing Maps

  a Novel

  García, Cristina, 1958-

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  Adult Fiction. A story that follows four generations of a Cuban family, exploring their relationship with their heritage and forging new identities in the U.S., Germany, and Russia.

• Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

  Maldonado, Crystal

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  Teen Fiction. Staff Pick! "I really enjoy coming of age stories and this really tugged at my heart! Well-written, relatable and emotional story about a Puerto Rican-American teen dealing with loss, a complex relationship with her mother, body image…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Furia

  Méndez, Yamile Saied

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  Teen Fiction. Camila Hassan is grappling with the expectations of her family - struggling to appear as their perfect (Argentinian) daughter while doing something they've expressly forbidden: playing fútbol. But she's really, really good, dubbed "La…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

  Quintero, Isabel

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  Teen Fiction. Gabi Hernandez was born out of wedlock... a fact which has defined her relationship with her mother ever since, and set some very specific expectations about her behavior where boys are concerned. A debut novel written as a journal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Las Madres

  A Novel

  Santiago, Esmeralda

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  Adult Fiction. A story about mother-daughter relationships, beginning with the mothers' teen years in Puerto Rico in 1975 and moving to a group trip back to the island in 2017 to revisit the past and forge stronger connections between the two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

  Reyes, Sonora

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  Teen Fiction. Staff Pick! "A coming of age story that hooks you from the first sentence. CW: Suicide and religious trauma."

• Brighter Than the Sun

  Aleman, Daniel,

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  Teen Fiction. After the death of her mother, sixteen-year-old Sol is trying to be the perfect daughter: to support her family by crossing the border from Tijuana to the U.S. to work and go to school. But as obligations mount and border crossings…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Cup of Water Under My Bed

  a Memoir

  Hernández, Daisy,

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  Adult Nonfiction. Staff Pick! "It's a really interesting memoir that I found myself going back to a couple of times since the first reading" - Amy A.

• Juliet Takes a Breath

  Rivera, Gabby,

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  Teen Fiction. Staff Pick! "A wild and fun story about a young queer Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx who spends a summer in Portland as an intern to a hippy white woman." - Sarah S.

• Make Your Home Among Strangers

  [a Novel]

  Crucet, Jennine Capó,

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  Lizet, the daughter of Cuban immigrants - is the first in her family to graduate from high school, with accolades enough to get accepted to an elite college. But her parents are furious about her decision to leave Miami. A story about confronting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra

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  Teen Fiction. Book Club Pick! A classic fictionalized memoir from Sandra Cisneros about being a young teen girl growing up in Chicago, this collection of vignettes is all about self-discovery, coming of age, fighting against your circumstances, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sabrina & Corina

  Stories

  Fajardo-Anstine, Kali

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  Adult Fiction. Staff Pick! "It is a beautiful and haunting collection of short stories"

• Shut Up, This Is Serious

  Ixta, Carolina

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  Teen Fiction. Nothing in high school is ever simple, and no matter how much Belén longs for "normal," real life is anything but. A coming-of-age story that explores the messier side of teen life, the growing pains of coming-of-age, and breaking free…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Poet X

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  Teen Fiction. Book Club Pick! A novel in verse about Xiomara Batista, a young Afro-Latina rebelling against her mother's religious strictures, falling in love, and finding her voice through slam poetry.

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  L. Sánchez, Erika

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