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• The Cuban Heiress

  Cleeton, Chanel,

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  A historical fiction rooted in the true story of the SS Morror Castle tragedy. Two women—one with everything (but under threat of imminent death) and one penniless (but already “dead”)—will find common ground in their pursuit of justice aboard this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Town of Babylon

  Varela, Alejandro, 1979-

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  A story of identity, community, and family, the Town of Babylon follows Andrés who, having recently separated from his cheating husband, returns home and reconnects with friends—and a first love—he long since left behind.

• What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

  Jimenez, Claire,

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  Ruthy disappeared without a trace when she was thirteen, only to suddenly turn up on a reality TV show called “Catfight” twelve years later…maybe. See, her family—long traumatized by their loss—aren’t sure it’s her. What follows is a laugh-out-loud…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Good Night, Irene

  Urrea, Luis Alberto

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  Drawing from the inspirational tale of his own mother’s Red Cross service, Urrea pens a novel of danger and heroism, drama and love, that follows Irene as she heads into post-D-Day Europe.

• The Man Who Could Move Clouds

  a Memoir

  Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,

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  Magic and family, gifts and curses, a deep desire to uncover her Columbian history. An injury leads to amnesia and the reveal that the author, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, is next in line to gain her mother and grandmother’s “secrets”—powerful abilities…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Both Die at the End

  Silvera, Adam, 1990-

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  What would you do if you received a call telling you that you would die today? How about make a new friend? With their last 24 hours on earth, Mateo and Rufus find each other through the Last Friend app and determine that they’re going to live to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Had Me at Hola

  Daria, Alexis

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  A soap opera starlet in a scandal, a telenovela star in career decline, Jasmine and Ashton’s first meeting on the set of their new bilingual movie was not exactly, er, *great.* That’s a shame because if they’re going to pull this off, they are going…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Solito

  a Memoir

  Zamora, Javier,

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  The heart-wrenching memoir of nine-year-old Javier Zamora’s dangerous, three-thousand-mile trek from El Salvador to be reunited with his parents in the United States, and the found family who protected him along the way.

• Carmen and Grace

  Coss Aquino, Melissa,

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  Doña Durka isn’t really their mother: but she is the most stable matriarchal force in Grace and Carmen’s lives. She’s also the queen of a drug empire and has crafted the girls in her image. But everything comes tumbling down when Durka is killed and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Infinite Plan

  Allende, Isabel

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  The Infinite Plan follows the story of Gregory Reeves through the trauma and hardship of his youth, to bloody war on the battlefield, and ultimately failure in the courtroom. It is an unflinching look at a self-destructive man who is desperately…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shot Caller

  a Latino Gangbanger's Miraculous Escape From a Life of Violence to a New Life in Christ

  Diaz, Casey

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  In this powerful, gritty memoir, Casey Diaz recounts his time with the notorious Rockwood Street Locos gang in Los Angeles and how later, as he was serving out his twelve-year solitary confinement sentence, he found his faith in God.

• Our Migrant Souls

  a Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"

  Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

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  Hector Tobar, Pulitzer Prize winner, directs his work to the young Latino community—speaking to their hopes and dreams, their anger and frustration, as he unflinchingly addresses the Latino identity in the face of politics, immigration, colonialism,…Read moreRead more of this annotation