Acevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Ever since she got pregnant in her freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making tough decisions. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's impossible. Yet once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. ... In New York City, YAHAIRA RIOS is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "Desde que Emoni Santiago se quedó embarazada durante el segundo año de instituto, su vida se ha reducido a tomar decisiones difíciles y hacer lo mejor posible para su hija y para su abuela. Pero el único lugar en el que puede olvidarse de todo es en la cocina: allí permite que sus manos le digan qué cocinar, sigue su intuición y agrega una pequeña pizca de magia en cada receta, lo que...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puck 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH ACEZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2018