Aida Salazar
1) Ultraviolet
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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 culture of toxic masculinity.
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"Lula Viramonte anhela ser una persona a la que nadie pueda ignorar. Por eso quiere ser directora de en un circo ambulante mexicano. Pero perseguir los sueños es dífcil cuando hay que trabajar en la cosecha de uva en Delano, California; cuidar a la madre enferma y a los hermanos, evitar que se desate el temperamento volátil de papá. Entonces Lula conoce a Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, y a otros activistas por los derechos de los agricultores...
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In 1911 Mexico, fourteen-year-old Jovita Valdovinos longs to follow her father and brothers into the Cristero War against Mexico's socialist government, which is restricting people's rights to practice their religion. However, her father forbids her involvement. When he and her brothers later die, Jovita takes over her father's mantle by donning pants, renaming herself Juan, and leading a group of peasants into battle.