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• Brighter Than the Sun

  Aleman, Daniel,

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  "After the loss of her mother, high school junior Soledad finds herself struggling to balance classes and her new job in California to support her family in Tijuana, Mexico, in this thoughtful story about identity, immigration, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Leavers

  Ko, Lisa,

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  Deming is a young Chinese-American boy abandoned by his single mother and adopted by a white family. He later searches for his mother and discovers his own identity along the way. A sweeping examination of family, adoption, and cultural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  Sanchez, Erika L,

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  A young adult novel that follows a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home. --New York Times

• The Idiot

  Batuman, Elif, 1977-

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  Embarking on her freshman year at Harvard in the early tech days of the 1990s, a young artist and daughter of Turkish immigrants begins a correspondence with an older mathematics student from Hungary while struggling with her changing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Tender Land

  a Novel

  Krueger, William Kent,

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  "Fleeing the Depression-era school for Native American children who have been taken from their parents, four orphans share a summer marked by struggling farmers, faith healers and lost souls." --Novelist

• Sweetness in the Skin

  a Novel

  Robinson, Ishi,

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  A Jamaican teenager weighs her Kingston roots against the prospect of an exciting new life in France. Pumkin Patterson, 13, lives with her dressmaker grandmother Cecille, her beloved and ambitious aunt Sophie, and her abusive, alcoholic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brown Girls

  a Novel

  Andreades, Daphne Palasi,

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  Four friends, all young women of color, reconcile their immigrant backgrounds that require them to be obedient, dutiful daughters, with the freedoms of American culture while growing up in a vibrant community in Queens, New York. --Novelist

• Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

  De Leon, Jennifer, 1979-

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  A young adult novel that follows a first-generation American-LatinX teen who reinvents herself at a privileged white suburban high school to get by in the face of escalating racial tensions, and is forced to take a stand when she discovers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gravel Heart

  Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-

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  Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, Salim has always been a bookish child, a dreamer haunted by night terrors. Amid a fracturing home life, Salim's uncle offers him a chance to leave his native…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What the Fireflies Knew

  a Novel

  Harris, Kai,

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  Told from the perspective of almost 11-year-old Kenyatta Bernice (KB), this coming-of-age novel follows KB as she is sent to live with her estranged grandfather where she, as everything and everyone changes around her, is forced to carve…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Truth Is

  Ramos, NoNieqa,

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  A young adult novel that explores love, identity, and self-worth through the eyes of a fierce, questioning Puerto Rican teen who faces prejudices at school and at home.