Time travel, romance, and historical elements are used to tackle tough topics, such as slavery, racism, and war.
Genna is a fifteen-year-old girl who wants out of her tough Brooklyn neighborhood. But she gets more than she bargained for when a wish gone awry transports her back in time.
This short "chapbook" is a collection of folkloric poems centered on the historical, mythological, gendered, and geographic experiences of a first generation American woman — from the border in the Dominican Republic, to the bustling streets of New Yor
It is 2035. Teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite.
Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then strange things start to happen.
Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter.
Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha.
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common.
In this multicultural coming-of-age narrative — based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s — a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed.
Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead.