Navarro Aquino, Xavier
Summary: "Camila is haunted by the death of her sister, Marisol, who was caught by a mudslide during the huracán. Unable to part with Marisol, Camila carries her through town, past the churchyard, and, eventually, to the supposed utopia of Memoria. Urayoán, the idealistic, yet troubled cult leader of Memoria, has a vision for this new society, one that in his eyes is peaceful and democratic. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NAVDeibert, Michael
Summary: "When Hurricane Maria roared across Puerto Rico in September 2017, it devastated the island. It was an unprecedented natural disaster, a Category 5 major hurricane, and ultimately responsible for the deaths of more than three thousand people. It also ripped away the facade that had dominated discussions of the island's relationship with the United States for over a century This is the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apollo Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 DEIEchenique, Sara E.
Summary: A girl in Puerto Rico copes with the aftermath of a hurricane, including her family's temporary blue tarp roof and her brother's refusal to speak. Includes notes about the author's life in Puerto Rico and the yearly ritual of preparing for hurricanes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Andrés, José
Summary: Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world. Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. From serving sancocho with his friend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.34 ANDSantiago, Esmeralda
Summary: "A powerful novel of family, race, faith, and culture that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them. They refer to themselves as "las madres," a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters (las nenas), have created a family based as much on friendship as on blood ties.Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC SANSummary: The seventeen oral histories collected here are stories of surviving the storm and its long aftermath as people waited for relief and aid that rarely arrived. The book offers a multivocal peoples' history of disaster that fosters a greater understanding of the failures of governmental disaster response and the correlating perseverance of the people impacted by these failures, highlighting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.95 MIGómez-Colón, Salvador
Summary: "Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GOMMeléndez Badillo, Jorell A.
Summary: "How did Puerto Rico end up in its current situation? A Spanish-speaking territory controlled by the United States and populated by the descendants of conquistadors, enslaved Africans, and indigenous inhabitants, this island (or rather archipelago) has a unique history. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo begins the book with an overview of the pre-Columbian societies and cultures that first inhabited...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Forge 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PUEFranqui, Leah
Summary: From the outside, Elena Vega's life appears to be an easy one: the only child of two professional parents, private school, NYU. But her twenties are aimless and lacking in connection. Something has always been amiss in her life: her father, the brilliant but deeply troubled Santiago Vega. Born in rural Puerto Rico, Santiago arrived in New York as a small child. His harsh, mercurial father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022