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• Latinoland

  a Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority

  Arana, Marie (Writer)

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• The Hacienda

  Cañas, Isabel

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  "Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, dark secrets, and the woman pulled into their clutches... In the overthrow of the Mexican…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Alejandra

  a Novel

  Castro, V.

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  Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Too Soon for Adiós

  Chavez Macias, Annette

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  "No one expects to meet their father at their mother's funeral. But for Gabby Medina, that's exactly what happens. Her dad abandoned her when she was a baby, and now he's back. And he wants to give her a house. Gabby doesn't want the house--or him.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm That Girl

  Living the Power of My Dreams

  Chiles, Jordan

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• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra

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  The bestselling coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House on Biscayne Bay

  Cleeton, Chanel

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  "With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carmen and Grace

  Coss Aquino, Melissa

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  "Carmen and Grace have been inseparable since they were little girls--more like sisters than cousins, survivors of a childhood marked by neglect and addiction and a system that never valued them. For too long, all they had was each other. That is,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sunny Place for Shady People

  Stories

  Enriquez, Mariana

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  "On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed-all those birds were once women. Welcome to Argentina and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alligator Tears

  a Memoir in Essays

  Gomez, Edgar (Writer)

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• Hades, Argentina

  Loedel, Daniel

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  "In 1976, Tomás Oriilla is a medical student in Buenos Aires, where he's moved in hopes of reuniting with Isabel, a childhood crush. But the reckless passion that has always drawn him is leading Isabel ever deeper into the ranks of young insurgents…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mexican Gothic

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her cousin's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• El Niño Que Alcanzó Las Estrellas

  Morillo, Elio, 1993-

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• Our Otherness Is Our Strength

  Wisdom From the Boogie Down Bronx

  Navedo, Andrea, 1969-

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• Defectors

  the Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

  Ramos, Paola, 1987-

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• Familia

  Rico, Lauren E.

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  A fact-checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco, takes a DNA test and discovers she has a sister in Puerto Rico who has been desperately trying to find her for 25 years, despite her parents saying it is impossible.

• Flores and Miss Paula

  a Novel

  Rivero, Melissa

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  "Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only thing they have in common. It's been nearly three years since they lost beloved husband and father Martín, who had always been the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What We Build With Power

  the Fight for Economic Justice in Tech

  Senties, David Delmar

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• My Name Is Iris

  a Novel

  Skyhorse, Brando

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  Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her husband are going through a surprisingly drama-free divorce. She's moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and has plans for gardening, coffee clubs, and spending more time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Migrant Souls

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

  Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

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