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1) Hair story
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile Measure
320L
Summary
Illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text follow a Boricua girl and a Black girl from birth through early childhood, culminating in a playdate where they celebrate their natural hair.
Author
Summary
Fifteen-year-old Macy, officially labeled "disturbed" by her school, records her impressions of her rough neighborhood and home life as she tries to rescue her brother from Child Protective Services, win back her overachieving best friend after a fight, and figure out whether to tell her incarcerated father about her mother's cheating.
3) The Truth Is
Author
Pub. Date
2019
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Summary
Named one of the best YA Latinx books of 2019 by Remezcla and HipLatina. A Bustle Book Club Selection A powerful exploration of love, identity, and self-worth through the eyes of a fierce, questioning Puerto Rican teen. Fifteen-year-old Verdad doesn't think she has time for love. She's still struggling to process the recent death of her best friend, Blanca; dealing with the high expectations of her hardworking Puerto Rican mother and the absence of...
4) Your mama
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Summary
Illustrations and easy-to-read text twist classic "your mama" jokes into a celebration of the beauty, power, and love of motherhood.
5) Beauty woke
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Summary
Beauty, who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage, was taught to be strong and proud but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth.
