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Brooklyn brujas volume 1
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English
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Bewitching Reads - Teen
Celebrate Pride Month
FPPL Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 - YA
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Celebrate Pride Month
FPPL Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 - YA
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"Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back."--
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Bea Garcia volume 1
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English
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When budding artist Bea Garcia's best friend moves to Australia and a loud, rambunctious boy moves into her old house, Bea must learn to make new friends.
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English
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2024 Women's History Month for Kids
Art Appreciation (WPL-Youth)
Find Your Voice! Babies & Pre-K
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Art Appreciation (WPL-Youth)
Find Your Voice! Babies & Pre-K
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"Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"--
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English
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
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English
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2022 Summer Staff Picks
2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Debut Authors 2022
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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
Debut Authors 2022
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"A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers....
6) Harbor me
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English
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Middle Grade Books
OBD Juneteenth (June) - Youth
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Middle Grade Books
OBD Juneteenth (June) - Youth
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"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
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Stella Diaz volume 1
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English
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Great Reads: 2nd thru 3rd grade
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
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Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
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Stella Diaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho. But Stella Diaz is not a betta fish. Betta fish like to be alone, while Stella loves spending time with her mom and brother and her best friend Jenny. Trouble is, Jenny is in another class this year, and Stella feels very lonely.When a new boy arrives in Stella's class, she really wants to be his friend, but sometimes Stella accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces...
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English
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Find Your Voice! Nonfiction!
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic & Latinx Voices
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Hispanic & Latino Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic & Latinx Voices
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"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--
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English
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And the Winner Is... - Teen
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
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Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
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When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
12) Wedgie & Gizmo
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English
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Funny Middle Grade Reads (SCPL-YS)
K&T - Pets
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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K&T - Pets
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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Description
While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Elliot's little stepsister Jasmine (who likes to play dress-up), Abuela (who may or may not like to eat cavies), and Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).
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English
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BJD New Dec 22
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
K&T - Hispanic Heritage Month
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Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
K&T - Hispanic Heritage Month
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Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Valentina Salazar grew up as a monster protector until her father's loss, but when a video of a mythical egg appears, Valentina convinces her older brother and sister to help her find and save it--all while avoiding the monster hunters who want to destroy it.
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Questioneers volume 4
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English
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When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.
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Catalina Incognito volume 1
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English
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2023-2024 4th/5th Grade Battle of Books
GPLD Early Chapter Favorites
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Young Readers (SCPL-YS)
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GPLD Early Chapter Favorites
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Young Readers (SCPL-YS)
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Eight-year-old Catalina Castañeda uses Tía Abuela's sewing kit to turn ordinary clothing into a magical disguise, enabling her to uncover a thief at the local library.
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"In this prequel to #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls. It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die. He has...
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"In an unprecedented demographic shift, Latinos will comprise a third of the American population in just a matter of decades. While their influence shapes everything from electoral politics to popular culture, many Americans still struggle with two basic questions: Who are Latinos, and where do they fit in America's racial order? Laura E. Gómez, a leading expert on race in America, argues that it is only recently that Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans,...
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Omega Morales volume 1
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English
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GPLD Best of 2022
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (kids)
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (kids)
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"A girl must learn to trust herself--and her ancestral powers--when she comes face-to-face with the Mexican legend La Lechuza"--
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