November 2020 Book of the Month The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez by Rudy Ruiz Published by: Blackstone Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1982604615 SYNOPSIS: In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny…
October 2020 Silvia Moreno-Garcia
October 2020 Book of the Month Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Published by: Del Rey ISBN-13: 978-0525620785 SYNOPSIS: A glamorous debutante, Noemí Taboada is more suited to commanding the room at cocktail parties and…
September 2020 Natalia Sylvester & Julia Alvarez
September 2020 Book of the Month Running by Natalia Sylvester Published by: Clarion/ HMH Books for Young Readers ISBN-10: 0358124352 ISBN-13: 978-0358124351 SYNOPSIS: When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for…
August 2020 Marisel Vera
August 2020 Book of the Month The Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera Published by: Liveright Publishing Corporation ISBN-10: 1631497731 ISBN-13: 978-1631497735 SYNOPSIS: It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los…
July 2020 Jaquira Diaz & Priscilla Oliveras
July 2020 Book of the Month Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz Published by: Algonquin Books ISBN-10: 1643750828 ISBN-13: 978-1643750828 SYNOPSIS: In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging…