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Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Suicide Prevention Month - Young Adults
Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults
Suicide Prevention Month - Young Adults
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
83) Tia's tamales
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2011.
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Español
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One snowy day, Luz's grandmother teaches her how to make tamales while telling her the story of how Luz's great-grandfather was taught by his aunt. Includes recipe for tamales.
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[2002]
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Español
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Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
87) Bouncing back
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Orphaned thirteen year-old Carlos learns what it truly means to be a teammate when he must help save his new wheelchair basketball team's gym from destruction.
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2023.
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English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List 2024
Tayshas List 2024 (Gr. 9+ )
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List 2024
Tayshas List 2024 (Gr. 9+ )
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With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.
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[2010]
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English
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After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she befriends a spunky neighbor and finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return.
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2023.
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English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
Pride Month - Young Adults
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Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police.
94) Nowhere special
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[2023]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Stan and Elpidia find hope in an unexpected friendship as they navigate challenging family circumstances and a dangerous local gang in the desolate Southern California desert.
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[2012]
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English
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In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
96) Santitos
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2000.
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Español
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Por mandato de san Judas Tadeo, una joven viuda, Esperanza Díaz, viaja en busca de su hija desaparecida desde un pueblito tropical en México hasta los centros de sexo de Estados Unidos, pasando por los prostíbulos de Tijuana.
97) Sylvia & Aki
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[2011]
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
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At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while Mexican-American third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California, farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
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Growing up Daisy volume 6
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2011.
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English
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"When Daisy became student council president, she asked Principal Johnson to le the fourth grade hold a spring dance and he said yes! Now it's time to plan the dance and Daisy needs help. Blanca suggests holding a contest to pick the theme. The contest is a success, but will everyone come together to make it happen? Or will the Spring Dance be a major disaster?" -- p. [4] of cover.
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