Book of the Month HOW TO ORDER THE UNIVERSE Author: María José Ferrada Publisher: Tin House Books ISBN: 978-1951142308 SUMMARY: For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D’s life as…
November 2021 – Chanel Cleeton & Naima Coster
Book of the Month THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN CUBA Author: Chanel Cleeton Publisher/imprint: Berkley Publishing Synopsis: A feud rages in Gilded Age New York City between newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. When Grace Harrington lands a…
October 2021 – Rosende Mercedes & Adam Silvera
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…