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Author
Series
Sal and Gabi novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
If You Like Percy Jackson, Read These!
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
Science Fiction - MID
If You Like Percy Jackson, Read These!
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
Science Fiction - MID
Description
In order to heal after his mother's death, thirteen-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes.
Author
Series
Muse Squad volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The finale of an action-packed middle grade fantasy duology about a young Cuban American girl who discovers that she's one of the nine muses of Greek mythology.
Author
Series
Muse Squad volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When a young Cuban American girl discovers that she's one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, she must use her newfound powers to help a brilliant classmate who is destined to save humanity"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Paloma Ferrer is psychic. In fact, everyone in her family line has "the gift." Now that Paloma has come into her powers, she dreams of becoming a famous medium to celebrities, just like her beloved grandma. When Paloma's parents move them from Miami to Los Angeles, she hatches a plan to get her career as a medium up and running. But when a reading gone awry leaves Paloma in a sticky situation with a new friend, she'll need more than a crystal ball...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As seventeen-year-old Rubi secretly juggles participating in a baking competition, improving her grades for college admission, and a newfound romance, she soon realizes she must learn how to manage her family's expectations while finding her own path.
12) A song of frutas
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sophie's friendship fiasco: When Sophie's efforts to protect her friends from a group of mean-spirited popular girls lead to misunderstandings at home and at school, she turns to Jesus for help. Sophie and the new girl: As the Corn Flakes and other members of the Film Club work on a school project about Cuban refugees in the 1980s, a newcomer's prejudices hurt Maggie and challenge Sophie's ability to understand and practice Jesus' teachings.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
Historical Fiction - MID
Jewish Heritage Month - Juvenile/Middle Grade
Womens History Month - MID
Historical Fiction - MID
Jewish Heritage Month - Juvenile/Middle Grade
Womens History Month - MID
Description
In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.
Author
Series
Sal and Gabi novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"When best friends Sal and Gabi try to repair the damage they created when they altered the universe to help their families, they end up creating even more chaos"--
Author
Series
Outlaw Saints novel volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Simultaneous battles rage in the Caribbean and Brooklyn as sixteen-year-olds Mateo and Chela, two gods-turned-teenagers, try to get to the bottom of what is keeping them apart.
Author
Series
Outlaw saints volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
Jewish Heritage Month - Young Adult/Adult
Mythology Reads - Adult/YA
Jewish Heritage Month - Young Adult/Adult
Mythology Reads - Adult/YA
Description
When sixteen-year-old Mateo and Chela discover each other and their powers during a political battle between neighborhood factions, they set aside their differences to unravel the mystery behind their sunken homeland and to stop a dangerous political operative who is trying to harness their gifts to unleash terror on the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Lonely Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she enjoys caring for injured animals, but her budding friendship with Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, emboldens Oriol, an aspiring writer, to open up and create a world of words for herself"--OCLC.
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