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3) Point guard
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
8) The poet X
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Realistic Fiction [High School Readers]
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Description
Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. 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 know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Like all kids, Josefina loves to eat sweets. She loves warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven, cupcakes and candy! One night, while eating a piece of flan, Mami asks her to consider giving up sweets for Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter. "That's impossible!" Josefina says. When Mami promises to teach her how to make her favorite dessert, habichuelas con dulce, she agrees to give it a try. Josefina can't wait to end her fast and eat...
11) Darius & Twig
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two best friends, a writer and a runner, deal with bullies, family issues, social pressures, and their quest for success coming out of Harlem"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pilar Ramirez duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2022-2023 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
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Description
While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and legends come to life and where her cousin is being held captive in a sinister magical prison, and Pilar must defeat the Dominican bogeyman if she hopes to free Natasha and return home to Chicago. Includes...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2024 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Description
"A young Dominican girl navigates middle school, her strict mother, shifting friendships, and her dream of being an artist"-- Provided by publisher.
14) Islandborn
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Strike zone
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick García dreams of winning MVP of his summer baseball league, of finding a cure for his sister, of meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher Michael Arroyo, and of no longer living in fear of the government and ICE agents.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Worried that Papa Espada cannot find a job, Tía Lola, Juanita, Miguel, and the "Sword" sisters decide to start a bed and breakfast at Colonel Charlebois's Vermont house.
"Con la ayuda de sus sobrinos y de las tres hermanas Espada, tía Lola abrir á las puertas de la majestuosa casa antigua del coronel Charlebois a visitantes de todas las procedencias. Pero pronto se darán cuenta de que poner a funcionar este pequeño hotel no resulta tan fácil...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Books You Might Have Missed 2023: All Ages
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Middle School]
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Middle School]
Description
A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
18) Picture purrfect
Author
Series
Bodega cats volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Told in alternating voices, follows Miguel and his newly adopted street savvy cat Lolo as they build a loving and supportive friendship in Washington Heights.
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen, an imprint of Soho Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
After the ice cream stand where she works is robbed, seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans to get revenge on her predatory boss while navigating grief, anger, and dreams of escape from her dead-end hometown.
Author
Series
Bodega cats volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Yesenia Rosado has it all under control... at least, everyone else seems to think so. But when one bad grade threatens to expose just how stressed she's really been lately, Yesi will lean on Candy, her new kitten, for comfort. Which would be good, except Candy has her eyes set on asomething better - having fun! what will it take for these two to make this friendship work?"--Page 4 of cover.
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