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9) The poet X
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"Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers--especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
11) Mascot
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Six eighth graders in Washington, DC, navigate through the conflict and division sparked by a school assignment focused on their town's Native American mascot.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
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In this novel told through poems, nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad, so when his pesky little sister horns in on their fishing trip, he is none too pleased. Includes primer on rhyme, poetry techniques, rhythm, stanzas, and poetic forms.
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Astra House
Pub. Date
2021.
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"A young Latinx poet grappling with loneliness and heartache decides one day to bring Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla back to life. The séance kicks off an uncanny trip narrated by a Greek chorus of gossiping spirits as she journeys through a dead celebrity prom, encounters her shadow self, and performs karaoke in hell. In visceral poems embodying millennial angst, paragraph-long conversations overheard at her local coffeeshop, and unhinged Twitter...
16) Rain remembers
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Rain Rising volume 2
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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In the companion novel to the critically acclaimed Rain Rising, Rain must once again find the strength to rise above. The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college. Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even...
17) Tilt
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Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.
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"Sentate, tenemos que hablar" es una comedia en cuatro actos que cuenta un día en la vida de Mariano; un hombre modelo jefe de familia, con una hermosa y devota esposa, una hija y un hijo sin vicios ni maldad. Su status económico es elevado, su carrera es brillante y, además, tiene un terrible secreto.
Pero ¿Qué pasa cuando ese secreto reencarna en cuerpo y alma frente tuyo y ya no podés hacer más que enfrentarte a él? En este día ocurren...
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Karla está apunto de graduarse de facultad, vive en un seno familiar unido con buenos valores. Su vida dio un giro inesperado al conocer a Damián, ña obsesión de el por Karla y su "trabajo" de dudosa procedencia la hacen huir del país. Leonardo aparece en su vida cuando mas necesitaba de un amigo, ¡el fue su salvador!, pero en "yo soy tu Destino" no todo es lo que parece, acompaña a Karla en esta historia que sin duda te cautivará desde el...
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