fiction

Growing up in 1970s Ohio, Mexican American brothers Pedro and Daniel, who are not like other boys, manage an abusive home life, school, coming out, first loves, first jobs, and the AIDS epidemic, leaning on each other always and forever. A fictionalized account of the author's relationship with his brother and their childhood.

"Seventeen-year-old Alonda finds friendship, fame, and love on the streets of Coney Island when she befriends a group of teen wrestlers"--Provided by publisher.

Told in their separate voices, when six Muslim teens are falsely accused of an alleged attack on a Los Angeles beach, they must decide whether to trust or turn their backs on each other to prove their innocence.

Queer teens Abby and Leo spend a life-changing day together lost in New York City.

"A gay Jewish man has just been elected president of the United States--or so it seems, until the governor of Kansas decides that some election results in his state are invalid and awards crucial votes to the other candidate, his fellow party member. Things quickly go very wrong--and hundreds of thousands of people flock to Kansas to protest for what they believe is right and just. Among them are Jimmy and Duncan, teens who are not only fighting for the future of their country but for the future of their relationship, too"--Provided by publisher.

"Five children, from five different cultures and in five different decades, grow up in the same building on the Lower East Side of New York City"--Provided by publisher.

In the 1970s Bronx, Manolo, a shy Puerto Rican boy, overcomes his fears and insecurities to become part of a new innovative dance style called breaking.

After her best friend ditches her, fifth-grader Becca, feeling devastated and alone, yearns for people to like her, so when a magical bracelet grants her wish to have loads of friends, she soon discovers having a dream come true is not as simple as it seems.

"Once upon a morning in Hong Kong, in the alley of Tai Yuen Street, a girl is promised a mooncake with a double-yolk center. The special mooncake seems like the only excitement on an otherwise boring day in the market where nothing changes . . . until an exhausted stranger falls to his knees right in the street! He ran through forests, swam through rivers, and even stowed away on a ship, all to get to Hong Kong. Now at the end of his journey, all he needs is a bite to eat, but no one seems willing to help"--Provided by publisher.

Mindy, Dad, and Julie travel to Korea to mourn Grandpa's passing with family and for the annual Chuseok celebration, and while the occasion is a somber one, Mindy is determined to make her first official Mid-autumn Festival one to remember.