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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Favorite Family Listens -- Audiobooks (SCPL-YS)
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In order to heal after his mother's death, Sal learned how to meditate. But no one expected him to be able to take it further and 'relax' things into existence. Turns out he can reach into time and space to retrieve things from other universes.
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
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In 1961 Cuba, with the threat of military service for children looming, twelve-year-old Cumba's parents send him to Miami, where he lives with a new family and misses his homeland.
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GPLD Best of 2022
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Hispanic Heritage 2023
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage 2023
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A sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home . . . only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his family's history in the process. This new middle grade standalone mystery from the author of the Muse Squad series is perfect for fans of Doll Bones and The Girl and the Ghost!
Frank Fernandez's family never stays in one place for long.
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Outlaw saints volume 1
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Caribbean American Heritage Month (teens)
GPLD Best Fantasy for Teens
Hispanic Heritage 2023
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GPLD Best Fantasy for Teens
Hispanic Heritage 2023
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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.
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For Merci Sur̀ez, eighth grade means a new haircut, nighttime football games, and an out-of-town overnight field trip. At home, it means more chores and keeping an eye on Lolo as his health worsens. It's a year filled with more responsibility and independence, but also with opportunities to reinvent herself. Merci has always been fine with not being one of the popular kids like Avery Sanders, who will probably be the soccer captain and is always...
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"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...
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Muse Squad volume 2
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While in New York City visiting her family, Callie Martinez-Silva, one of the nine muses of ancient myth, must find an unprecedented tenth muse who has been awakened, which proves to be no easy task.
11) Dark Dude
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In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.
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Muse Squad volume 1
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"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"--
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Maggie Diaz volume 1
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Back to School (teens)
BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
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Maggie Diaz of Miami is excited to start seventh-grade with her best friends, Zoey and Julian, and finally getting a cellphone of her own; but after school her friends are wrapped up in their various clubs, her mother is attending college, and her older sister Caro has her sports and tutoring, so Maggie decides that she will find a club to join as well--but trying out ALL the different clubs while still juggling school work is exhausting and confusing--and...
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Rosa Santos, a Cuban American, works to save her Florida town, seeks admittance to study abroad in her homeland, and wonders if love can break her family's curse. Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother,...
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Hispanic Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
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A follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning Merci Suárez Changes Gears finds Merci embarking on a seventh grade year shaped by high teacher expectations, a crush on a school-store co-worker and a bossy classmate's plan for the annual Heart Ball.
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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.
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage 2023
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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.
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