Author of the Month Julia Amante Julia is a women’s fiction author, who lives in California in a home filled with bits and pieces of her Argentine heritage. She writes emotionally rich stories about family, love, and the passion of…
September 2021 — Quiara Alegría Hudes & Jennifer Givhan
September 27, 2021 — Book of the Month MY BROKEN LANGUAGE: A MEMOIR Author: Quiara Alegría Hudes Publisher/imprint: One World Synopsis: The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an…
August 2021 — Yamile Saied Mendez & Caridad Piñeiro
Book of the Month FURIA Author: Yamile Saied Méndez Publisher/imprint: Algonquin Young Readers Synopsis: In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother’s…
July 2021 Esmeralda Santiago & Patricia Engel
July 2021 Book of the Month America’s Dream By: Esmeralda Santiago Published by: HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Perennial ISBN 13: 978-0063074132 SYNOPSIS: “Lyrical [and] haunting, América’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.” —…
June 2021 John Lantigua & Juan Felipe Herrera
June 2021 Book of the Month Remember My Face By: John Lantigua Published by: Arte Público Press ISBN 13: 978-1-55885-907-4 SYNOPSIS: Willie Cuesta, former Miami Police Department detective turned private investigator, returns in a new novel in John Lantigua’s…