THE BULLET SWALLOWER
By Elizabeth Gonzalez James
In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico’s most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower.
MY SIDE OF THE RIVER
By Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
Exploring separation, generational trauma and the toll of the American dream, the author recounts what happened when, at 15, her parents were forced back to Mexico, leaving her and her brother to fend for themselves as underage children affected by broken immigration laws.
THE SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In 1950s Hollywood, when an unknown Mexican ingenue is cast as Salome, a star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary heroine, she becomes the object of envy of Nancy Hartley, a bit player who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
CLAP WHEN YOU LAND
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Camino lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, she arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. In New York, Yahaira is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance and their father’s secrets, they are forced to face a new reality.
MARCUS VEGA DOESN’T SPEAK SPANISH
By Pablo Cartaya
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus’s mother takes him and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met. While there, Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
ISLANDBORN
By Junot Díaz
Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage.
ISABEL AND THE ROGUE
By Liana de la Rosa
Sent to London to uncover British intelligence that might aid Mexico during the French Occupation, Isabel Luna Valdés meets her match in a rakish English captain, in the second novel of the series following “Ana Maria and the Fox.”
HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN
By Gabino Iglesias
In Puerto Rico, five teenagers vow vengeance for their friend’s mother who was murdered by a drug kingpin, while a hurricane unleashes vengeful spirits on the island, in the new novel from the author of “The Devil Takes You Home.” Check Me Out ;) Compiled by the staff of the Lakeland Public Library 100 Lake Morton Dr, Lakeland Larry R. Jackson Branch 1700 N Florida Ave, Lakeland lakelandgov.net
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
By Yamile Saied Méndez
When a girl is asked where she’s from—where she’s really from—none of her answers seems to be the right one. Unsure about how to reply, she turns to her loving abuelo for help. He doesn’t give her the response she expects. She gets an even better one.
OYE
By Melissa Mogollon
The baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana, when her eccentric grandmother, Abue, moves into her bedroom, finds her wild demands, unpredictable antics and devastating secrets a welcome distraction, putting her on center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion.
