Challenge
Challenge yourself! Check out a book from our Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month display! This holiday recognizes the contributions and influence of Latinx/Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.
Books on Display
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Indivisible by Call Number: YA FICTION ALEMANNew York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico. -
Everything Within and in Between by Call Number: YA FICTION BARTHELMFor Ri Fernández’s entire life, she’s been told, “We live in America and we speak English.” Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri has never been allowed to learn Spanish. What’s more, her grandma has always pushed Ri away from the neighborhood they call home and toward her best friend’s world of mansions and country clubs in the hopes that it’ll bring Ri closer to achieving the “American Dream." In her most private thoughts, Ri has always believed that her mother, who disappeared when she was young, would accept her exactly how she is. So when Ri finds a secret unanswered letter from her mom begging for a visit, Ri decides to reclaim what her grandma kept from her: a language and a mother. But nothing goes as planned. Her mom isn’t who Ri imagined she would be. And Ri’s struggling to navigate the different interweaving threads of her mixed heritage that make her who she is. Nobody has any idea of who Ri really is—not even Ri, herself. -
Your Heart, My Sky by Call Number: YA FICTION ENGLEIn Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together. -
Once upon a Quinceañera by Call Number: YA FICTION GOMEZ-HIEighteen-year-old Carmen takes on a summer internship that has her reuniting with estranged family for an over-the-top quinceañera, reluctantly reconnecting to a long-lost ex-boyfriend, and finding happiness in the chaos. -
Heartbreak Symphony by Call Number: YA FICTION KEMPSet in the Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio and told in alternating voices, teenaged musicians Aarón and Mia grow close as they share and struggle to overcome the emotional pain of their troubled home lives. -
No Filter and Other Lies by Call Number: YA FICTION MALDONADSeventeen-year-old Kat Sanchez uses photos of a friend to create a fake Instagram account, but when one of her posts goes viral and exposes Kat's duplicity, her entire world--both real and pretend--comes crashing down around her. -
Where I Belong by Call Number: YA FICTION MICHELSOGuatemalan-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. -
The Turning Pointe by Call Number: YA FICTION TORRESIn 1980s Minnesota, when auditions for a concert with Prince are announced, 16-year-old Rosa Dominguez, the daughter of a tyrant ballet master, is desperate to escape her pointe shoes and show everyone what she can do. -
When We Make It by Call Number: YA FICTION VELASQUESarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives. -
Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity by Call Number: YA FICTION VELEZOverachiever Luz 'Lulu' Zavala has straight As, perfect attendance, and a solid ten-year plan ... Middle sister Milagro wants nothing to do with college or a nerdy class field trip ... On a journey from Baltimore all the way to San Francisco, Lulu and Milagro will become begrudging partners as they unpack weighty family expectations ... and maybe even discover the true meaning of sisterhood.
