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Hispanic Heritage Month Booklist

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September 1, 2024

Children's Picture Books

Areli is a Dreamer by Areli Morales

Bye Land, Bye Sea by Renè Spencer

Canta conmigo by José-Luis Orozco

Con Papá by Frederick Luis Aldama

A Crown for Corina by Laekan Zea Kemp

El puente de Luca by Mariana Llanos

¡Fiesta!: A Festival of Colors by Duncan Tonatiuh

Gato Guapo by Anika Denise

Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor

Just Help!: How to Build a Better World by Sonia Sotomayor

Mi Casa is My Home by Laurenne Sala

Mi papá es un agrícola by J. Roman Pérez Varela

Mi papi tiene una moto by Isabel Quintero

My Dog Just Speaks Spanish by Andrea Cáceres

Nosotros Means Us by Paloma Valdivia

Plátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynosa-Morris

Plátanos Go With Everything by Lissette Norman

Seguimos soñando by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez

When Julia Danced Bomba by Raquel Ortiz

Children's and Preteen Chapter Books

Catalina Incognito by Jennifer Torres

Charlie Hernández & the Golden Dooms by Ryan Calejo

A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano

Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya

Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer Torres

Join the Club Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno

Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina

Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes

Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti

Omega Morales and the Curse of El Cucuy by Leakan Zea Kemp

Sincerely Sicily by Tamika Burgess

They Call Me Güero by David Bowles

The Way to Rio Luna by Zoraida Córdova

What the Jaguar Told Her by Alexandra Méndez

Teen and Young Adult Fiction

Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

Breakup from Hell by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

Crashing Into You by Rocky Callen

Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro

The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

Last Sunrise in Eterna by Amparo Ortiz

Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America edited by Margarita Longoria

The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta

Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia

The Making of Yolanda La Bruja by Lorraine Avila

Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms and Space edited by Zoraida Córdova

Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories edited by Sandra Proudman

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher

Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

The Turning Pointe by Vanessa Torres

We Weren’t Looking to be Found by Stephanie Kuehn

The Weight of Everything by Marcia Argueta Mickelson

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora edited by Saraciea J. Fennell

Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle

Adult Fiction

A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria

Ana María and The Fox by Liana de la Rosa

Borderless by Jennifer de Leon

Chola Salvation by Estella Gonzalez

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Faraway World by Patricia Engle

Find Me in Havana by Serena Burdick

The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero

The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

My Name is Iris by Brando Skyhorse

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

A Proposal They Can’t Refuse by Natalie Cana

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza

The Spanish Love Deception by Elene Armas

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz

Twice a Quinceañera by Yamile Saied Méndez

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Where There was Fire by John Manuel Arias

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende