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41) Alondra
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"Seventeen-year-old Alonda finds friendship, fame, and love on the streets of Coney Island when she befriends a group of teen wrestlers."--
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Adult Fiction and Memoir Written by Puerto Ricans
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
Latinx Stories for teens
Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
Latinx Stories for teens
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[The author's] story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her warring parents and seven siblings led a life of uproar, but one full of love and tenderness as well. Growing up, Esmeralda learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of the tree frogs in the mango groves at night, the taste of the delectable sausage called morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But just when Esmeralda seemed to have learned everything,...
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Books with a Sprinkle of Spanish
Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
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"When Miguel and his parents move from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland, Miguel misses their home, his grandparents, and his pet frog, Coquí, but he soon realizes that New York City has more in common with back home than he originally thought"--
46) Becoming Beatriz
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In 1984, in the barrios of Newark, Beatriz Mendez is looking forward to dancing at her fifteenth birthday, because dancing is her true passion in life, but when her brother Juni, gang-leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Diablos, is killed by the rival Haitian Macoute gang, she finds herself thrust into the role of gang-leader and drug dealer--until she meets Nassar, a dorky Haitian boy who shares and reignites her passion for dancing.
47) My neighborhood
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A Puerto Rican American boy introduces the Brooklyn barrio, or neighborhood, where he lives.
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"Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent eighteen seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. This book tells the story of this remarkable athlete: a twelve-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame"--
49) Blazewrath games
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"Lana Torres has always preferred dragons to people. In a few weeks, sixteen countries will compete in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament where dragons and their riders fight for glory in a dangerous relay. Lana longs to represent her native Puerto Rico in their first ever World Cup appearance, and when Puerto Rico's Runner--the only player without a dragon steed--is kicked off the team, she's given the chance. But when she discovers that a former...
52) Never look back
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A modern retelling of the myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Eury leaves Puerto Rico for the Bronx, haunted by losing all to Hurricane Maria and by evil spirit Ato, and meets a bachata-singing charmer, Pheus. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Pheus is a golden-voiced, bachata-singing charmer, ready to spend the summer on the beach with his friends. When he meets Eury, all...
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Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
Picture Book Biographies for Hispanic Heritage Month
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"A lyrical, vibrant tribute to the amazing life and legacy of Pura Belpré, a lauded storyteller, librarian, and pioneer of bilingual storytimes" -- Amazon.com.
In this fictional biography, Pura Belpré breaks the rules of storytime by telling unpublished stories from her homeland of Puerto Rico. Includes author's note.
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Juanita Lucas is a young woman living in a housing project in Brooklyn. Although she has a very light complexion, she is proud of her blackness, even as she takes a beating from the very sistahs she tries so hard to emulate. Her only friend, Scooter Morrison, is an upwardly mobile brother who also happens to be young, gifted, and gay. Then a chance encounter with two fine Puerto Rican men changes Juanita’s and Scooter’s lives in ways they...
60) Mi barrio
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A Puerto Rican American boy introduces the Brooklyn barrio, or neighborhood, where he lives.
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