Under the Mesquite
Under the Mesquite By Guadalupe Garcia McCall Lee & Low • 2011 • 224 pages Hardcover ($17.95) ISBN: 978-1600604294 Ages 12 and up No matter how bad things get, I can always be found here, planted firmly in what’s left of Mami’s rose garden with a pen in my hand, leaning against this same sturdy [...]
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist By Margarita Engle Harcourt • 2013 • 192 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-0-547-80743-0 Ages 12 and up Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was ahead of her times in many ways. A young member of the wealthy class of Cuba in the 1820s, she was expected to do just one thing [...]
You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens
You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens Edited by Sarah Cortez Piñata Books • 2011 • 320 pages Paperback ($16.95) ISBN: 978-1-55885-692-9 Ages 11 and up The stories gathered here by editor and contributor Cortez are not necessarily mysteries in the typical sense of whodunits or police procedurals. In fact, they run [...]
Marcelo in the Real World
Marcelo in the Real World By Francisco X. Stork Scholastic • 2011 • 320 pages Paperback ($8.99) ISBN: 978-0-545-05690-8 Ages 14 and up Stork’s novel introduces Marcelo Sandoval, one of the most remarkable characters in contemporary fiction. Because Marcelo narrates his own story, readers will be able to delve into the mind and point of [...]
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass By Meg Medina Candlewick Press • 2013 • 272 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN 978-0-7636-5859-5 Ages 14 and up Piedad “Piddy” Sanchez has always liked school. It’s easy when you’re smart—even if you are considered a little geeky—and have friends who understand. But that all changes when Piddy’s mother [...]
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White Written & Illustrated by Lila Quintero Weaver University of Alabama Press • 2012 • 264 pages Paperback ($24.95) ISBN: 9780817357146 Ages 14 and up Weaver’s remarkable memoir of her youth comes in the form of a graphic novel, nimbly illustrated by the author in realistic black and white. [...]
The Queen of Water
The Queen of Water By Laura Resau & María Virginia Farinango Delarcorte /Random House • 2011 • 352 pages Paperback ($9.99) ISBN: 9780375859632 Ages 12 and up From a very young age, María Virginia Farinango experienced a heartbreaking journey to becoming an adult. Her fortitude is an inspiration, and she deserves kudos for sharing her [...]
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz Simon & Schuster • 2012 • 359 pages Hardcover ($16.99) ISBN: 978-1-4424-0892-0 Ages 12 and up It’s summer 1987, and not quite sixteen-year-old Aristotle (Ari for short) is unhappy: angry that his Vietnam vet father hardly talks and his mother sometimes hovers; confused [...]
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind Meg Medina Candlewick Press • 2012 • 246 pages Hardcover ($17.99) ISBN: 978-0-7636-4602-8 Ages 13 and up Sonia Ocampo is not a typical small-town teenager. She was born during a terrible storm in her rural village of Tres Montes, and is seen as a gift from God for [...]
Summer of the Mariposas
Summer of the Mariposas Guadalupe Garcia McCall Tu Books • 2012 • 355 pages Hardcover ($19.95) ISBN 978-1-60060-900-8 Ages 12 and up Mothers and daughters. As our girls grow up, the relationship becomes more difficult to navigate; we are pulled toward them one moment, pushed away the next. We want them to become independent and [...]
