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Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana María Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a New York City private school"--
22) Islandborn
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--
23) Never look back
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
DWA Press, an Imprint of the Dominican Writers Association
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the Caribbean Sea, aboard an illegal voyage from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, a twelve year old learns her name; a former cacao farmer finds a constellation on his lover's thighs; best friends become strangers and find the essence of themselves in the face of deception; an old man exchanges his homeland for a New York City bodega storefront; preteen boys grapple with authority; female cousins come to terms with their first...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Description
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, Tía Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
La t̕a abuela de Juanita y Miguel, T̕a Lola, viene de Rep︢blica Dominicana para ayudar a cuidarlos despǔs del divorcio de sus padres, y pronto se involucra tanto en su pequęa comunidad...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen, an imprint of Soho Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After the ice cream stand where she works is robbed, seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans to get revenge on her predatory boss while navigating grief, anger, and dreams of escape from her dead-end hometown.
Minerva Gutiérrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand in the seaside town of Nautilus. Her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money: kicked out of school and stranded by her mom's most recent...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsEspañol
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Por la sangre de las mujeres Marte corre una magia que les concede dones especiales. Creciendo en República Dominicana, y luego al migrar a Nueva York, las hermanas Flor, Matilde, Pastora y Camila aprendieron a valerse de ellos, y de la fuerza de su vínculo, para protegerse de las hostilidades del mundo. Pero también, a callarse sus deseos, temores y anhelos más profundos. Por eso, cuando Flor anuncia que va a celebrar un velorio en vida, el...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Urano, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
Español
Description
Novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo, about Afro-Latina Xiomara Batista who turns to journalling poetry.
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours her frustration onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Like all kids, Josefina loves to eat sweets. She loves warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven, cupcakes and candy! One night, while eating a piece of flan, Mami asks her to consider giving up sweets for Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter. "That's impossible!" Josefina says. When Mami promises to teach her how to make her favorite dessert, habichuelas con dulce, she agrees to give it a try. Josefina can't wait to end her fast and eat...
33) Negocios
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
Español
Description
Desde que Diaz empezo a publicar historias cortas, en publicaciones tan prestigiosas como The New Yorker, ha sido senalado como un gran talento nuevo, y su debut con historias cortas, confirman esta afirmacion. Nacio y crecio en Santo Domingo, Diaz utiliza la comparacion de su isla con la vida en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey, como el fulcro de sus mordaces historias.
Junot Diaz began his literary career with this collection of short stories evoking...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Aquilino Gonell came to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a young boy. Although he spoke no English, he dedicated himself to his adopted land, striving for the American dream. Determined to be a success story, he joined the army to pay for college. He saw action in Iraq and returned home with PTSD. Believing in the promise of our government, he focused on healing himself and supporting his family. His hard work paid off when he landed...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Situado durante los extraordinarios eventos del 6 de enero del 2021, este libro de memorias de Aquilino Gonell tiene como base las luchas y alegrías de la experiencia migrante las cuales han definido el experimento norteamericano"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes Tía Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.
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