puerto ricans

"Learn about Puerto Rico's 65th Regiment, one of the US Army's most decorated regiments. Author Talia Aikens-Nunez shares the history of these soldiers and the discrimination they faced as they served their country during the largest court martial of the Korean War"--Provided by publisher.

When a lost dog helps Laura find a way home to her family, they discover family in each other along the way.

Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.

"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.

Sixteen-year-old Yuiza, a proud queer Boricua who loves to make horror movies, finds themself living in one when they are sent to an elite boarding school that holds sinister secrets.

"Rhythmic verse presents three sisters who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to be pioneering activists in their Bronx community, focusing on schools, libraries, and the arts"--Provided by publisher.

"After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of essays about the author's life as a Puerto Rican immigrant living in New York City during the early twentieth century.

Basketball has always come easily to twelve-year-old Devon Rosario of the Bronx, but it has been a long time since he actually enjoyed playing because Devon's father sees him as the family's second chance at basketball glory, and the pressure of that expectation is ruining the game for Devon; but then he sees Jamal, a Yemeni refugee, doing BMX tricks on his bike and suddenly Devon sees a way to put fun back into sports--provided he can keep his new passion secret from his father.