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"Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir. Born to Mexican immigrants south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips as she entered her freshman year of high school as the number one student. But suddenly, Elizabeth's own country took away the...
2) Tumbos
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Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramâirez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
3) 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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When a comet destroys Earth, Petra Peäna and her family are a few of the humans chosen to colonize a new planet for humanity. Hundreds of years later, Petra awakens and discovers that she is the only one who remembers Earth. While their ship traveled to the new planet, a sinister Collective took over, wiped the passengers' memories of humanity's sins, and purged all citizens who failed to comply. To fight back against the Collective, Petra must...
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"Lola Espinoza parece llevar una especie de maldición en el amor, aunque quizás no sea una maldición ... la magia no existe, ¿verdad? Sin embargo, cuando Lola viaja para pasar el verano con su abuela en la Ciudad de México y conoce a Río, un joven atractivo y coqueto, descubre una verdad sorprendente: la magia sí existe, y lo que siempre había considerado mala suerte resulta ser que era... una verdadera maldición."--
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"Yamilet quiere que la conozcan por su impecable raya del ojo y no por ser una de las únicas lesbianas en su nuevo instituto católico. La cuestión es que es difícil fingir ser heterosexual cuando Bo, la única chica abiertamente queer en la escuela, es tan irritantemente perfecta y, bueno..., tan atractiva. A sus dieciséis años, Yami tiene claras sus prioridades: mantener a su hermano lejos de los problemas, enorgullecer a su madre y,...