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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.
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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...
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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...
15) 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.
17) Wolfpack
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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A group of teenage girls living in a cult are ensnared by suspicision and paranoia when one of them goes missing.
18) Beyond me
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
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In the aftermath of a major earthquake, eleven-year-old Maya overcomes her own fear to help others at home and in northeast Japan, where a tsunami caused great damage. Includes author's note about the facts behind the story.
20) Warrior girl
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Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Celina and her family are bilingual and follow both Mexican and American traditions. Celina revels in her Mexican heritage, but once she starts school it feels like the world wants her to erase that part of her identity. Fortunately, she's got an army of family and three fabulous new friends behind her to fight the ignorance. But it's her Gramma who's her biggest inspiration, encouraging Celina to build a shield of joy around herself. Because when...
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