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Acevedo, Elizabeth

Summary: Curvaceous sixteen-year-old Xiomara Batista discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her fiercely religious mother's view of women, as well as her relationship to a world dominated by rape-culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACE

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 ACE

Acevedo, 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 ACE

Acevedo, 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 ACE

Acevedo, Elizabeth

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: "Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor-inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch-decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate the long life she's led, while she's still around to enjoy it. She's not ill, as far as anybody knows, but Flor does have a gift: she can predict, to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACE

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACE

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ACE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACE

Acevedo, 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 ACE

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Summary: "In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 ACE

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Summary: "Teen mother Emoni Santiago struggles with the challenges of finishing high school and her dream of working as a chef." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Summary: Two sisters mourn their father's death after his plane crashes on a flight to the Dominican Republic.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACE

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: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACE

Summary: A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOK

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOK

Zoboi, 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZOB

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