Latino Voices, Latinx

With Mami's determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she doesn't know how she could ever attend...

Celina Guerrera is proud of her Mexican heritage. At school, she is confronted by racism. Her friends and family, especially her grandmother, help her confront the ignorance. Told in verse, this novel will inspire conversations about injustice, racial...

Aniana del Mar glides through the water like a dolphin, but she keeps her swimming classes a secret. Years ago, her mother lost a loved one to drowning, and she has never gotten over the loss. One day, due to juvenile arthritis, Aniana is put on bed...

Güero's life changes when Joanna tells him he could be her boyfriend. She is called fregona because she is strong and does not back down. Güero sees her softer side and learns what it means to be supportive.

This acclaimed novel follows the lives of three Guatemalan teens who cross into the United States from Mexico. Based on actual events, the trio embarks on the dangerous journey in search of a better life.

After 'borrowing' her dad's credit card to buy new clothes, Margot Sanchez is grounded. She must spend all summer working in her parents' market to pay off her debt. She feels that the reputation she has carefully built at school is being torn down and...

Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes wants to go to college in New York to get far away from her overbearing parents who came to Chicago from Mexico without papers. Her older sister's unexpected death has made them turn all of their attention to her. Julia...

Anita, a 12-year-old living in the Dominican Republic during the reign of dictator Rafael Trujillo, must endure the unrest her country is suffering along with her brother and parents. Anita learns the value of freedom, while dealing with the everyday...

Teenage Salvador has always felt secure in his adopted Mexican-American family. Life as he and his best two friends know it is about to change. This complex novel examines identity, race, friendship, family, and loss.

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three...

Apparently a typical New England teenager growing up in Vermont, Millie has never told her friends that she was actually adopted as an infant from a strife-torn Latin American country. Her life changes when she meets a family from her native country and...