latinos (u.s.)

"A biography of astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa.".

"A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable Dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out"--Provided by publisher.

A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.

From debut author Elle Gonzalez Rose comes a fresh, fun contemporary rom-com about an aspiring artist who agrees to fake date one of his family's longtime enemies in the hopes of gathering intel strong enough to take down their rivals and keep the family cabin they gambled in a risky bet. Devin Bez is prepared for a relaxing winter break after his rough, first semester of art school. Sure, his family's old Florida lake cabin is falling apart, and everything in it reminds him of his late mom. And yes, the Baezes' next-door neighbors, the Seo-Cookes, are still petty, but things could be worse.

"Lalo Lesperance lives with his older brother and Mexican American mother in a low-income apartment building in Fort Myers. They moved there from a subdivision after the family lost Lalo's Haitian American father. At school, Lalo is known as the boy who can't remember anything and needs special help in all his classes. But when the first COVID lockdown hits, he finds himself in a friendship of convenience with Vivi, a Mexican American kid his age who gets perfect grades and who never gave him a second thought when they were in school. Vivi's abuela watches the kids while their mothers work long shifts as nurses at a clinic slammed by COVID. As Lalo navigates his much smaller pandemic world, he discovers his apartment building has its own mysteries, like a sinister stranger in an old RV and a storage closet full of junk, including an old radio that just might hold the key to remembering why Lalo's family moved to the apartment and what happened to his father"--Provided by publisher.

"From politicians and physicists to poets and painters, these biographies for kids explore fifteen incredible Latin American people who used their creativity, intelligence, and strong beliefs to improve the world around them"--Back cover.

"Reina and her friend, Lila, practice gymnastics on Saturdays. It's Reina's favorite part of the week. But when Lila gets a puppy, Reina has to practice gymnastics by herself. Also, Lila's dog is huge and Reina is afraid to admit to her friend that she is scared. What can Reina do?"--Provided by publisher.

Family members head into the kitchen to help Abuelita bake a tres leches cake for Papi's birthday.

Pedro would love to be the goalie in the team's first game, but another boy is bigger--so all his friends come over to help him practice before the tryout.

When Katie Woo and Pedro find a treasure map at the beach the wind snatches it away, and they chase after it.