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Queerceañera
Alex Crespo - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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This irresistible and hilarious rom-com from acclaimed author Alex Crespo is a whirlwind of telenovela-level drama and hijinks when Joaquin Zoido finds himself fake-dating his childhood crush and newly minted date to his queerceañera.
Joaquin Zoido is out and proud of it. And while he knew... |
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Call Me Iggy
Jorge Aguirre - First Second
Format: Paperback
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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 school, work, family, and the uphill... |
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¡Ay, Mija! (A Graphic Novel): My Bilingual Summer in Mexico
Christine Suggs - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This book is a treasure." - Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'. In this bilingual, inventive, and heartfelt debut, graphic novel talent Christine Suggs explores... |
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Shut Up, This Is Serious
Carolina Ixta - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that the world is brimming with messy complexities, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Erika L. Sánchez.Belén Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe... |
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The Quince Project: A Novel
Jessica Parra - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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Most Anticipated by HipLatina
Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner, could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister's quinceañera and her mother's unexpected passing, all of Cas's plans are crumbling. So when a local... |
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Canto Contigo: A Novel
Jonny Garza Villa - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot -- what he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face.. In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School's Mariachi Alma... |
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Unseelie (The Unseelie duology Book 1)
Ivelisse Housman - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover
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The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls "reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own.""A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment." - Andrew... |
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Last Sunrise in Eterna
Amparo Ortiz - Page Street Kids
Format: Hardcover
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Three teenagers are invited to spend seven days on the secluded island floating off the coast of Puerto Rico to learn the magic of the elves.. All they have to do is give up their dreams.. Seventeen-year-old goth Sevim Burgos hates elves. Everyone else on earth loves the elves (especially... |
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Hot Boy Summer
Joe Jiménez - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover
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Four gay teens in Texas have the summer of their lives while discovering important truths about realness, belonging, and friendship in this joyful young adult contemporary novel for fans of Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli. Mac has never really felt like he belonged. Definitely not at home... |
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Saints of the Household
Ari Tison - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away.. Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically... |
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Wings in the Wild
Margarita Engle - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the inspiring love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights.. Winged beings are meant to be free. And so are artists, but the Cuban government has criminalized any art that... |
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Secret of the Moon Conch
David Bowles - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall join forces to craft a sweeping fantasy romance about falling in love despite all odds.In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali has no family left and has caught the attention of a dangerous gang leader. She has no choice but to make... |
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What the River Knows: A Novel
Isabel Ibañez - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.. Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth... |
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Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success: A Novel
Jessica Parra - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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Most Anticipated YA by Goodreads! . "An earnest, charming coming-of-age story that will come for your heart and your appetite." -- New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord . Graduation is only a few months away, and Rubi Ramos's "recipe for success" to get into... |
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How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When her twin sister reaches social media stardom, Moon Fuentez accepts her fate as the ugly, unwanted sister hidden in the background, destined to be nothing more than her sister's camerawoman. But this summer, Moon also takes a job as the "merch girl" on a tour bus full... |
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The Wicked Bargain
Gabe Cole Novoa - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen with a mission of revenge, redemption, and revolution.. On Mar León de la Rosa's sixteenth birthday, el Diablo comes calling. Mar is a transmasculine nonbinary teen pirate hiding a magical... |
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An Appetite for Miracles
Laekan Zea Kemp - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp's heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must come together to heal the pain from their pasts, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nicola Yoon. Danna Mendoza Villarreal's grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories... |
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Northranger
Rey Terciero - HarperAlley
Format: Hardcover
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In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner's mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret.Cade has always loved to escape into the world... |
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I Am Not Alone
Francisco X. Stork - Scholastic Press
Format: eBook
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Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in the Real World such an unforgettable novel.Alberto's life isn't easy: He's an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who lives with his sister's abusive boyfriend -- but he'd... |
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You Don't Have a Shot
Racquel Marie - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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A queer YA romance about rival soccer players from author Racquel Marie, perfect for fans of She Drives Me Crazy.. Valentina "Vale" Castillo-Green's life revolves around soccer. Her friends, her future, and her father's intense expectations are all wrapped up in the beautiful... |
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The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
Lorraine Avila - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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Elizabeth Acevedo has said that reading Lorraine Avila feels like an "UPPERCUT to the senses." You've never encountered an author with prose of this sensitivity and fire.. Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She's starting to feel at home Julia De Burgos High, her school... |
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Ander & Santi Were Here: A Novel
Jonny Garza Villa - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets The Sun is Also a Star in this YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander and Santi Were Here, about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling for the shy new waiter at their family's taqueria.. Finding home.... |
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The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, 1)
AIDEN THOMAS - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys."Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses... |
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Spin Me Right Round
David Valdes - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his "progressive" school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school; it would never happen today, right? He's determined... |
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Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity
Angela Velez - Balzer Bray
Format: Book
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Overachiever Luz “Lulu” Zavala has straight As, perfect attendance, and a solid ten-year plan. First up: nail her interview for a dream internship at Stanford, the last stop on her school’s cross-country college road trip. The only flaw in her plan is Clara, her oldest... |
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Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.Camino Rios lives for the summers when... |
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
ERIKA L SNCHEZ - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Finalist!Instant New York Times Bestseller!The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations,... |
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Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster
Andrea Mosqueda - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera - and fast. Growing up in Texas's Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she's okay with that. After all, she has a great family,... |
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Fire with Fire
Destiny Soria - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn't be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it's kill or be killed... |
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When We Make It
Elisabet Velasquez - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican eighth grader who can see with clarity the truth, pain, and beauty of the world both inside and outside her Bushwick apartment. Together with her older sister Estrella, she navigates the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic... |
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Running
Sylvester, Natalia - CLARION BOOKS
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When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Marianna Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero--while the whole country is watching. |
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Café Con Lychee
Emery Lee - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that's brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters.Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses - an Asian American... |
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Sanctuary
Paola Mendoza - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked--from buses to grocery stores. It's almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's exactly what sixteen-year-old Vali is doing. She and her family have carved... |
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A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
Laura Taylor Namey - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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For Lila Reyes, a summer in England was never part of the plan. The plan was 1) take over her abuela’s role as head baker at their panadería, 2) move in with her best friend after graduation, and 3) live happily ever after with her boyfriend. But then the Trifecta happened,... |
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Furia
Yamile Saied Méndez - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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. In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother's narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia,... |
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The New David Espinoza
Fred Aceves - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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This own voices story from the acclaimed author of The Closest I've Come unflinchingly examines steroid abuse and male body dysmorphia. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Matt De La Pea.David Espinoza is tired of being messed with. When a video of him getting knocked down by a bully's... |
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Shadowshaper
Daniel JoseÌ Older - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Paint a mural. Start a battle. Change the world. Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging out with her friends. But then a corpse crashes the first party of the season. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. And when the murals in her neighborhood... |
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Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera - Riverdale Avenue Books
Format: Paperback
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"Even if Holden Caulfield was born in the Bronx in the 1980s, he could never be this awesome." Inga Muscio, author of Cunt Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn't sure if her mom will ever speak... |
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The Truth Is
NoNieqa Ramos - Carolrhoda Lab
Format: Hardcover
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A Bustle Book Club Selection A powerful exploration of love, identity, and self-worth through the eyes of a fierce, questioning Puerto Rican teen. Fifteen-year-old Verdad doesn't think she has time for love. She's still struggling to process the recent death of her best friend, Blanca;... |
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Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun: A Novel
Jonny Garza Villa
Format: Hardcover
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Julin Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and the suffocating expectations of others that have forced Jules into an inauthentic life.Then in one reckless moment, with one impulsive tweet, his plans for a low-key... |
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