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• Ander and Santi Were Here

  a Novel

  Garza Villa, Jonny

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  "Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police."

• ¡Ay, Mija!

  My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

  Suggs, Christine

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  "Sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. At first, Christine struggles to connect with family they don’t yet share a language with. Seeing the places their mom grew…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boys of the Beast

  Zepeda, Monica,

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  "Three teenage boy cousins on a road trip through California and the Southwest come to terms with truths about their families and themselves."

• Breathe and Count Back From Ten

  Sylvester, Natalia

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  "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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brownstone

  Teer, Samuel,

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  "In the summer of 1995, almost-fifteen-year-old Almudena is sent to live with her estranged Spanish-speaking father, and together they renovate a brownstone and build a relationship while Almudena navigates the Latin American side of her heritage…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Burn Down, Rise Up

  Tirado, Vincent

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  "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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Call Me Iggy

  Aguirre, Jorge Augusto,

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  "Ignacio 'Iggy' Garcia is an Ohio-born Colombian American teen living his best life. After bumping into Marisol (and her coffee) at school, Iggy's world is spun around. But Marisol has too much going on to be bothered with the likes of Iggy. She has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Caught in a Bad Fauxmance

  Rose, Elle Gonzalez,

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  "He wants his love. He wants his revenge. Devin Báez is ready for a relaxing winter break at Lake Andreas - until he runs into his next-door neighbors (and all-around jerks) the Seo-Cookes, undefeated champions of the lake's annual Winter Games.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crashing Into You

  Callen, Rocky,

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  "In this fiercely moving YA romance novel, Leti Rivera's love of street racing is put to the test when tragedy strikes her family and threatens to tear her apart from the boy she's falling for. Seventeen-year-old Leti Rivera dreams of becoming a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fall of Whit Rivera

  Maldonado, Crystal

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  "Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable), so when they're forced to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• La formación de Yolanda la bruja

  Avila, Lorraine,

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  "Yolanda Álvarez está teniendo un buen año. Comienza a sentirse como en casa en la Secundaria Julia De Burgos, su escuela en el Bronx. Tiene a su mejor amiga Victory, y tal vez algo con José, un jevito de último año que está conociendo mejor. Confía…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• High Spirits

  Short Stories on Dominican Diaspora

  Gomera-Tavarez, Camille

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  "A collection of interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora focuses on one extended family."

• The Hills of Estrella Roja

  Franklin, Ashley Robin

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  "When college freshman Kat Fields receives a mysterious email urging her to visit a relatively unknown Texas town with a history of witchcraft, strange sightings, and "devil lights"--glowing red stars that appear above the town's hills every…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hurdles in the Dark

  My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph

  Gonzalez, Elvira K.,

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  "A YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American track star who found freedom from poverty and violence by training to become one of the top athletes in the U.S."

• I Am Not Alone

  Stork, Francisco X.

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  "Alberto’s life isn't easy: he's an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who lives with his sister's abusive boyfriend—but he'd always accepted his place in the world. Until he starts hearing the voice of a man called Captain America, a voice that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infested

  An MTV Fear Novel

  Colón, Angel Luis

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  "In a race against time, seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Manny must rescue his family from a malevolent spirit targeting his apartment building in the Bronx."

• Just Another Story

  a Graphic Migration Account

  Saade, Ernesto,

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  "When Carlos was nineteen, his mother decided to leave her life in El Salvador. Refusing to let her go without him, Carlos joined the journey north. Together they experienced the risks countless people faces as they migrate."

• Last Sunrise in Eterna

  Ortiz, Amparo

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  "Seventeen-year-old goth Sevim Burgos hates elves. Everyone else on earth loves the elves (especially their handsome princes) and would give anything to participate in Eterna’s annual Exchange, where three teens can trade their dreams for a week of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

  Reyes, Sonora

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  "Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute."

• Libertad

  Zaldívar, Bessie Flores, 1997-

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  "As the contentious presidential election looms and protests rage across every corner of the city, life in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, churns louder and faster. For her part, high school senior Libertad (Libi) Morazán takes heart in writing political…Read moreRead more of this annotation