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How we show up : reclaiming family, friendship, and communityMia Birdsong
Pedro's theory : reimagining the promised landMarcos Gonsalez
We do this 'til we free us : abolitionist organizing and transforming justiceMariame Kaba
Under a white sky : the nature of the futureElizabeth Kolbert
Vibrate higher : a rap storyTalib Kweli
The disordered cosmos : a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferredChanda Prescod-Weinstein
Why the innocent plead guilty and the guilty go free : and other paradoxes of our broken legal systemJed S Rakoff
Better, not bitter : living on purpose in the pursuit of racial justiceYusef Salaam
Intimations : six essaysZadie Smith
Let the record show : a political history of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993Sarah Schulman
New Yorkers : a city and its people in our timeCraig Taylor
Caste : the origins of our discontentsIsabel Wilkerson
The wild fox of yemenThrea Almontaser
Black buckMateo Askaripour
When no one is watching : a thrillerAlyssa Cole
Love and other poemsAlex Dimitrov
Un-AmericanHafizah Geter
LibertieKaitlyn Greenidge
LusterRaven Leilani
We are watching Eliza BrightA E Osworth
Detransition, babyTorrey Peters
100 boyfriendsBrontez Purnell
The invisible life of addie larueV E Schwab
The final revival of opal & nevDawnie Walton
Danza!Duncan Tontiuh
Danza! : Amalia Hernández and el Ballet Folklórico de MéxicoDuncan Tonatiuh
If Dominican were a colorSili Recio
Hey, wall : a story of art and communitySusan Verde
Lucía the luchadora and the million masksCynthia Leonor Garza
Carmela full of wishesMatt de la Peña
The piñata that the farm maiden hungSamantha R Vamos
Schomburg : the man who built a libraryCarole Boston Weatherford
Dancing hands : how Teresa Carreño played the piano for President LincolnMargarita Engle
Frida Kahlo and her animalitosMonica Brown
Alma and how she got her nameJuana Martinez-Neal
Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar ChavezKathleen Krull
What can you do with a paleta? = ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta?Carmen Tafolla
Brick by brickHeidi Woodward Sheffield
IslandbornJunot Díaz
I am Frida KahloBrad Meltzer
Waiting for the BiblioburroMonica Brown
Just ask! : be different, be brave, be youSonia Sotomayor
La princesa and the peaSusan Middleton Elya
Mango, Abuela, and meMeg Medina
Mango, Abuela y yoMeg Medina
La casa en Mango StreetSandra Cisneros
My papi has a motorcycleIsabel Quintero
Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura BelpréAnika Denise
Across the bayCarlos (Graphic artist) Aponte
Sing with me : the story of Selena QuintanillaDiana Laopez
Areli is a dreamer / A True Story by Areli Morales, a Daca RecipientAreli Morales
Marcus Vega doesn't speak SpanishPablo Cartaya
The epic fail of Arturo ZamoraPablo Cartaya
La primera regla del punk : una novelaCelia C Pérez
Merci Suárez changes gearsMeg Medina
LoteríaKarla Arenas Valenti
Playing loteríaRené Colato Laínez
Juana & LucasJuana Medina
The astronaut with a song for the stars : the story of Dr. Ellen OchoaJulia Finley Mosca
Latinitas : celebrating 40 big dreamersJuliet Menéndez
A picture book of Cesar ChavezDavid A Adler
Who was Roberto Clemente?James Buckley
Soldier for equality : José de la Luz Saénz and the Great WarDuncan Tonatiuh
A girl named Rosita : the story of Rita Moreno: actor, singer, dancer, trailblazer!Anika Denise
CirceMadeline Miller
The silence of the girlsPat Barker
The Penelopiad : [the play]Margaret Atwood
The AeneidVirgil
AriadneJennifer Saint
A thousand shipsNatalie Haynes
Gods of jade and shadowSilvia Moreno-Garcia
The witch's heartGenevieve Gornichec
The metamorphoses43 BC-17 AD or 18 AD Ovid
Medeaauthor Euripides
The seven husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid
The house in the cerulean seaTJ Klune
Your corner darkDesmond Hall
Things I have withheld : essaysKei Miller
No Gods, No MonstersCadwell Turnbull
Saga boy : my life of blackness and becomingAntonio Michael Downing
A river called timeCourttia Newland
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