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2023., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Realistic Fic Kemp Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.
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By Méndez, Matt2020., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: Realistic Fic Mendez Edition: First Atheneum paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In El Paso, Fabi, her son Juan, and his best friend JD each have their own struggles as they deal with the injustices of being brown and poor in Texas. After a mistake at a party in a wealthy neighborhood, Juan and JD find themselves on the run, and decide to search out answers to who Juan's father really is. Fabi wants to stop them, but she is also struggling with the secrets of her own family.
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2022., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: Historical Fic Charles Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1984 New Jersey, fifteen-year-old Beatriz Mendez dreams of becoming a professional dancer like her idol Debbie Allen. Then her gang-leader brother is murdered and the fierce Beatriz is forced to step into her brother's shoes to run the gang at a time when cocaine was the dominant force running the neighborhood. Her dreams of dancing are all but gone, and her mother, grieving over the loss of her son, has turned into a shell of her former self. Then a classmate asks Beatriz to join him in a dance competition and her passion for dance once again sneaks in.
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2022., Adolescent, Viking Call No: 810.8 Liv Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Contains a collection of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics by Mexican American authors about the experiences of Mexican Americans in the United States. Examines what it means to embrace and reject two cultures simultaneously in the United States.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Sci Fi Fic Vasquez Gilliland Genre: Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Artemisia (Sia) Martinez's mother was deported to Mexico by ICE and disappeared in the Sonoran Desert trying to make it back to her American family; Sia believes that she was as-good-as murdered by ICE and the sheriff in their small Arizona town on the edge of the national park, and wants revenge against him and his son, Jeremy--but her search for the truth will uncover many more secrets than she counted on.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Sourcebooks Fire Call No: Fantasy Fic Cordova Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Brooklyn Bruja Volume: Book 3Summary Note: Rose Mortiz is a Latina bruja or witch, and her family is grappling with her amnesiac father's sudden return from the fairy realm, Adas. When Rosie and her father are transported to Adas, she discovers the sacrifices her father has made to save her and her sisters. But in order to return home, Rose must learn to control her powers and help save Adas.