SJPL Picks: Hispanic American Voices in YA FictionLike this list

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• The Diablo's Curse

  Novoa, Gabe Cole,

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  "Dami, a nonbinary former demonio, must cancel every deal they have ever made in order to tether their soul to earth and remain human, but first they must help a boy named Silas find Captain Kidd's treasure and break a family curse."

• Shut Up, This Is Serious

  Ixta, Carolina,

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  "Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Going Back

  Flores-Scott, Patrick,

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  "Told over the course of forty-eight hours, seventeen-year-old Tony heads back to his old life in Des Moines, Washington after being released from a youth detention center, but toxic old relationships and unforeseen challenges make staying on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Me Trying

  Marie, Racquel,

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  "Growing up, Bryce, Beatriz, and Santiago were inseparable, but after the dissolution of their friendship and Bryce's suicide, Beatriz and Santiago attempt to reconcile and navigate love, mental illness, and forgiveness."

• Wild Dreamers

  Engle, Margarita,

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  "Told in alternating voices, determined to make a difference and heal from their troubled pasts, teens Ana and Leandro fight to protect California wildlife and the endangered puma."

• Into the Light

  Oshiro, Mark,

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  "Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ's Dominion, the community that abandoned him, but the journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Sunrise in Eterna

  Ortiz, Amparo,

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  "Scavenging and selling elf corpses to support her family, seventeen-year-old goth Sevim finds a chance encounter with an elf prince setting her revenge in motion and must enter the magical elven realm where her fate is linked to someone she least…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brighter Than the Sun

  Aleman, Daniel,

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  "After the loss of her mother, high school junior Soledad finds herself struggling to balance classes and her new job in California to support her family in Tijuana, Mexico, in this thoughtful story about identity, immigration, and family."

• The Weight of Everything

  Mickelson, Marcia Argueta,

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  "Following her mother's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Sarah takes on the role of caretaker to her grieving father and younger brother, which leaves little time and emotional energy for a relationship, but when a school project helps her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Making of Yolanda La Bruja

  Avila, Lorraine,

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  "Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She's starting to feel at home at Julia De Burgos High, her school in the Bronx. She has her best friend Victory, and maybe something with José, a senior boy she's getting to know. She's confident her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Viva Lola Espinoza

  Cerón, Ella,

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  "Book smart teen Lola's summer plans are derailed when she is sent to live with her grandmother in Mexico City and learns a family secret that changes her life forever."

• Breakup From Hell

  Cardinal, Ann Dávila,

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  "Fans of Undead Girl Gang and The Babysitters Coven will love Breakup from Hell, a witty YA rom-com with a supernatural twist, starring horror novel obsessed Mica Angeles, who discovers the guy she fell for comes straight out of one of her beloved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

  Reyes, Sonora,

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  "Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute."

• Reclaim the Stars

  17 Tales Across Realms & Space

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  "Proving that stories are truly universal, this brilliant collection that features contributions from best-selling and acclaimed authors, as well as two new voices, takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boys of the Beast

  Zepeda, Monica,

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  "Three teenage boy cousins on a road trip through California and the Southwest come to terms with truths about their families and themselves" -- Novelist.

• How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe

  Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel,

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  "When she takes a job as a "merch girl" on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers, Moon Fuentez, the twin sister of a social media star, questions her destiny as the unnoticed, unloved wallflower she always thought she was." -- Novelist

• Where I Belong

  Mickelson, Marcia Argueta,

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  "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"-- Provided by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Light Up the Sky

  Rivera, Lilliam,

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  "Three Latinx teenagers struggle to deal with encounters with an alien, and try to warn the world of the possibility of an alien invasion." -- Novelist.

• Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

  Kemp, Laekan Zea,

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  "Told in two voices, Pen, whose dream of taking over her family's restaurant has been destroyed, and Xander, a new, undocumented, employee seeking his father, form a bond." -- Novelist.

• When We Make It

  Velasquez, Elisabet,

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  "Sarai is a first-generation Puerto Rican living in nineties-era Brooklyn and attending eighth grade, while dealing with the gentrification of her neighborhood and housing insecurity. She’s also confronted with the realities of toxic masculinity and…Read moreRead more of this annotation