latinos (u.s.)

In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their T?a Luna in the sanctuary state of California.

Amidst searching for the father she has never met, keeping her grades up, and working a part-time job, Piddy Sanchez is faced with the harassment of Yaqui Delgado and her gang. Although Piddy is mostly able to avoid Yaqui and her gang, when the harassment escalates and her personal life begins to suffer, she must reexamine her priorities in order to prevent these bullies from determining the type of person she will be.

"It seems as if the Whatever Club is doomed when Adam insists on joining, then wants to play baseball or video games instead of reading magazines and doing other things thirteen-year-old Claudia and her girlfriends are used to doing"--OCLC.

When Desmond and Andres go to the Kersville Library for a school assignment, they encounter a ghost who insists they be quiet.

"T?o loves to dance, whether it's the cumbia with Pap?, the bhangra with Amma, or ballet class with Miss Lila. He also loves the way his tutu makes him feel, inside and out. But when it comes time to decide which outfit to wear in the big dance recital--a sparkly tutu or shimmering silver pants--T?o wonders if being his most authentic self on stage will put him too much in the spotlight"--OCLC.

While trying to expose a private security firm hired by the government to weaponize scrabs, Clara and Team Seven face their biggest threat yet--their own demons.

Pedro and his dog, Peppy, are ready for the pet show, Peppy can sit and fetch on command, and he is freshly washed and ready to shine. But when they get to the pet show Peppy gets upset and ends up in the mud. Is there any way for him to become the best pet?.

"Newt Gomez has a thing with bears. Last year he survived a bear attack. And this year, he finds an unusual bear statue that just might grant wishes. Newt's best friend, Ethan, notices a wishbone on the statue and decides to make a wish. When it comes true, Newt thinks it's a coincidence. Even as more people wish on the bear and their wishes come true, Newt is not convinced. But Newt has a wish too: while he loves his home on eccentric Murphy Island, he wants to go to middle school on the mainland, where his warm extended family lives. There, he's not the only Latinx kid, he won't have to drive the former taco truck--a gift from his parents--and he won't have to perform in the talent show. Most importantly, on the mainland, he never has bad dreams about the attack. Newt is almost ready to make a secret wish when everything changes"--Publisher.

Red Panda and Moon Bear are siblings who do what they can to protect their community. But when their work calls for battling supervillains, alien invaders, and time warps rather than lost cats and bullies, they'll have to use a little magic of their own to get the job done.

Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.