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• Crashing Into You

  Callen, Rocky

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  272p. (Gr. 9+) Seventeen-year-old Leti Rivera dreams of becoming a famous female street racer. Her brother taught her how to drive so fast that nothing can catch her. But when Jacob Fleckenstein crashes into her life, Leti starts to think that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queerceañera

  Crespo, Alex

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  304p. (Gr. 8+) Joaquin Zoido is out and proud of it. And while he knew his dad and sister, Carmen, would be super supportive, he wasn't quite ready for them to surprise him with a queerceañera, a coming out party to celebrate him. Between all the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Dreamers

  Engle, Margarita

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  224p. (Gr. 8+) Ana and her mother have been living out of their car ever since her militant father became one of the FBI's most wanted. Leandro has struggled with debilitating anxiety since his family fled Cuba on a perilous raft. One moonlit night,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Canto Contigo

  a Novel

  Garza Villa, Jonny

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  352p. (Gr. 8+) In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School's Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; and met, made out with, and almost hooked…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat

  Gomera-Tavarez, Camille

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  408p. (Gr. 8+) Rosie: Capricorn. Does great in class. Wants nothing more than to get into the prestigious Innovation Technical Institute and kiss this awful school goodbye. Her talisman: a magical jacket from her mother's past that gets people to do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shut Up, This Is Serious

  Ixta, Carolina

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  368p. (Gr. 9+) Belén Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flawless Girls

  McLemore, Anna-Marie,

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  288p. (Gr. 8+) The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society--brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionable grandmother who couldn't care less about which fork goes where. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two Latina young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Say Yes

  Moldavsky, Goldy,

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  320p. (Gr. 8+) Seventeen-year-old Jimena Ramos is your typical teenage New Yorker--dazzling, fearless, and determined. When she discovers she's been living her life undocumented, she decides there's only one way to keep it on track: marry an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• With Love, Echo Park

  Namey, Laura Taylor

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  320p. (Gr. 8+) Seventeen-year-old Clary is set to inherit her family's florist shop, La Rosa Blanca--one of the last remnants of the Cuban business district that once thrived in Los Angeles's Echo Park neighborhood. Besides Clary's florist shop,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Quince Project

  a Novel

  Parra, Jessica

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  336p. (Gr. 8+) Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner, could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister's quinceañera and her mother's unexpected passing, all of Cas's plans are crumbling. So…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 10 Things I Hate About Prom

  Rose, Elle Gonzalez,

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  320p. (Gr. 8+) Ivelisse Santos has had Joaquin Romero's back since their first playdate. Not just next-door neighbors, they're platonic soulmates. At least, that's what Ive thinks, until Joaquin decides to ask Tessa Hernandez, the same girl who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ultraviolet

  Salazar, Aida

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  304p. (Gr. 8+) Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man," a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a…Read moreRead more of this annotation