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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana Maria Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a New York City private school.
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2023., Juvenile, Thorndike Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: Large print edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Thorndike Press youth large print.Summary Note: Dominican American girl Ani loves swimming in the sea and in the pool. Her father secretly lets her join the swim team but they don't tell Ani's mother because her brother died in the water of a hurricane years ago and she would be upset. However, when Ani's joints swell up, she's forced to visit the doctor and tell what she's been doing. Ani is diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but fortunately her doctor believes that swimming and medication will help her manage it. Ani grieves for who she was, but bravely faces the future and who she is becoming.
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2007., Riverhead Books Call No: Realistic FIC Diaz Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Overweight and nerdy Oscar lives with his Dominican American mother and sister in New Jersey and dreams of becoming a renowned author and finding true love. Unfortunately, a family curse stands in the way of his wishes.
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2020., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: TEEN FIC ACE Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-olds Camino Rios, of the Dominican Republic, and Yahaira Rios, of New York City, are devastated to learn of their father's death in a plane crash and stunned to learn of each other's existence. A novel in verse told in two voices.
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2020., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Young adult FIC ACEVEDO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-olds Camino Rios, of the Dominican Republic, and Yahaira Rios, of New York City, are devastated to learn of their father's death in a plane crash and stunned to learn of each other's existence. A novel in verse told in two voices.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Harper Teen Call No: Realistic Fic Acevedo Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Sixteen-year-olds Camino Rios, of the Dominican Republic, and Yahaira Rios, of New York City, are devastated to learn of their father's death in a plane crash and stunned to learn of each other's existence. A novel in verse told in two voices.
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2020., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-olds Camino Rios, of the Dominican Republic, and Yahaira Rios, of New York City, are devastated to learn of their father's death in a plane crash and stunned to learn of each other's existence. A novel in verse told in two voices.
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-- Darius and Twig2014., Adolescent, Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Fic Myers Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that life in Harlem throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they'll be stuck in the same place forever.
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-- Darius and TwigÃ2013., Adolescent, Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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.
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-- Darius and Twig[2013]., Amistad Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Darius is a writer, and is super smart. Twig is a lightning-fast runner. They are best friends, and are the only ones to help each other through the murky streets of Harlem to find a way to live their own dreams.
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-- Darius and Twig[2013], Adolescent, Amistad Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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.
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-- Darius and Twig[2013]., Amistad Call No: FIC MYERS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Darius is a writer, and is super smart. Twig is a lightning-fast runner. They are best friends, and are the only ones to help each other through the murky streets of Harlem to find a way to live their own dreams.
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-- Darius and TwigÃ2013., Adolescent, Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Sports FIC MYERS Edition: 1st pbk. ed., 2014. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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.
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Ã2014., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: SPORTS FIC FRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Esperanza Flores's place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations, Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates--and their efforts to sabotage her routine.
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1992, c1991., Plume Call No: 813 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It's a long way from Santo Domingo to the Bronx, but if anyone can go the distance, it's the Garcia girls. Four lively latinas plunged from a pampered life of privilege on an island compound into the big-city chaos of New York, they rebel against Mami and Papi's old-world discipline and embrace all that America has to offer.
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2010., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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[2018], Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The kids in Lola's class are all from faraway places, so they are excited to draw pictures of their families' homelands. But Lola left The Island when she was just a baby. How can she draw it if she can't remember it?
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[2018]., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Easy DIAZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--