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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
315 pages
Description
Cuando la fallida invasión de Bahía de Cochinos en 1961 solidifica el poder de Castro en Cuba, la familia de Cumba, de doce años, toma la difícil decisión de enviarlo solo a la Florida. Ante la idea de vivir en otro país por sí mismo, Cumba intenta recordar el sonido del clarinete de su padre, el olor del perfume de lavanda de su madre. La vida en Estados Unidos presenta toda una nueva serie de desafíos. Perdido en un mar de angloparlantes,...
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba, they buy a little house, una casita. It may be small, but they soon prove that there's room enough to share with a whole community"--
Author
Series
Girl's guide (Laura Taylor Namey) volume 1
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Lila Reyes, furious when her parents send her to the English countryside to recover from grief and heartbreak, unexpectedly falls in love with a teashop clerk--and England, itself.
9) Sherlock Dom
Author
Series
Definitely Dominguita volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Dom is excited to join her friend, Steph, for a mini vacation. They are going to visit Steph's grandmother....As soon as they arrive, they find that Gran's neighbors have lost their goat! There are some mysterious footprints near the goat pen that lead to the marsh. Dom decides to use the methods of her favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes-observing the basics, using all her senses, and talking it through with her trusty friend-to try and bring the...
10) All for one
Author
Series
Definitely Dominguita volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Dom, Pancho, Steph, and their noble steed, Rocco, are ready for their next adventure! When their beloved El Señor Fuentes asks Dom to run a very important errand--to put the order in at the local butcher shop for his daughter, Leni's, upcoming quinceañera--Dom is happy to help. But when Señor Fuentes discovers the order was never put in--and the food for the party has been sold to someone else--Dom takes a cue from The Three Musketeers to try...
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All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his "progressive" school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school; it would never happen today, right? He's determined to find a way to give his LGBTQ friends the respect they deserve (while also not risking his chance to be prom king, just saying...). When a hit on the head knocks him back in...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Anita is making flan for Abuelo’s birthday, but when she accidentally breaks Abuelita’s treasured flan serving plate from Cuba, she struggles with what to do. Anita knows it’s right to tell the truth, but what if Abuelita gets upset? Worried that she has already ruined the day, Anita tries to be the best helper. After cooking the flan, they need a serving dish! Anita comes up with a wonderful solution.
13) A song of frutas
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
40 pages
Description
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
14) Ballad & dagger
Author
Series
Outlaw saints volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 372 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Description
As seventeen-year-old Rubi secretly juggles participating in a baking competition, improving her grades for college admission, and a newfound romance, she soon realizes she must learn how to manage her family's expectations while finding her own path.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
192 pages cm
Description
"In this follow-up to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Margarita Engle details her teenage years in Los Angeles against the turbulent backdrop of the Vietnam War. In vulnerable verse, she addresses the notions of peace, civil rights, freedom of expression, and environmental protection that are once again under threat. Despite these circumstances, young Margarita was able to find solace and empowerment through her education"--
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
x, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A stranger in a strange land, Eire (Waiting for Snow in Havana), one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba in Operation Peter Pan in 1962, describes the classic American immigrant experience in Miami, Fla., with a mix of insightful observation, humor, and heartfelt emotion.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press/Editorial Libros para Niños
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
When Lazarita's unemployed father cannot afford a party for her "quinces," the birthday celebration that marks a fifteen-year-old girl's entrance into womanhood, her friends in her Miami Cuban-American community enlist the mayor's help to plan a surprise block party.
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