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Teen Reads for Tu Herencia

Ten terrific books for teens by Latine authors.

Oakland Public Library

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  • Non-binary love in a taqueria that dives deep into the meaning of love, belonging, and home.
    Book, 2023New York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA FIC GARZA
  • Adventure, fantasy, and how far a person will go for family.
    Book, 2023New York, New York : Make Me a World, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books, 2023. — YA FIC MEJIA
  • Brings a voice to the experience of grief that is often carried silently.
    Book, 2023Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Lab, 2023. — YA FIC MICKELSON
  • When you need the cash, but you can also deliver some much-deserved revenge...
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Soho Teen, an imprint of Soho Press, Inc., [2022] — YA FIC PADILLA
  • Set in 1980 Cuba, this story captures the gut-wrenching experience of making impossible choices, amidst uncertainty, risk, and a family's survival at stake.
    Book, 2022New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022] — J FIC GONZALEZ
  • "Back to the Future" with a gay twist with a Cuban American protagonist? Yes, please.
    Book, 2021New York : Bloomsbury, 2021. — YA FIC VALDES
  • Teenage goth girl gets roped into magic exchange on a private island off Puerto Rico. This book had me at "elf corpse."
    Book, 2023Salem, MA : Page Street YA, 2023. — YA FIC ORTIZ
  • Mark Oshiro's gripping stories are full of passion and emotion - and this heavy, yet hopeful book is no exception.
    Book, 2023New York : Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — YA FIC OSHIRO
  • This unique story delves into climate justice activism, and sheds a light on Cuban refugees in South America - all wrapped up in a romantic novel told in verse.
    Book, 2023New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023. — YA FIC ENGLE
  • Rapunzel, but make it queer and with vampires and witches.
    Book, 2023New York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA FIC FLORES