Profile of a black woman with slashes of different skin color shades on her cheek.
By: Alicia D. Williams

There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant—even her own family.

Drawings of the faces of many black figures.
By: Kwame Alexander
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Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States.

Drawing of a boy in a sweatshirt and backpack writing in a notebook.
By: Jerry Craft

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life.

Drawing of a boy running down the street with a cat and carrying a Puerto Rican flag.
By: Carlos Aponte
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Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, his abuela, and Coco the cat. Life in his hometown is cozy as can be, but the call of the capital city pulls Carlitos across the bay in search of his father.

Photo of a girl laying on her stomach and writing with a dog next to her.
By: Angela Cervantes

Can Lety find her voice before it's too late?

Drawing of boy and trying to hold together the broken letters of the title.
By: Carlos Hernandez

This brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence poses this question: What would you do if you had the power to reach through time and space and retrieve anything you want, including your mother, who is no longer living (in this universe, anyway)?

Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez has published more than thirty works for fiction, poetry, and drama, most notably a book of short stories for adults entitled The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria.

Angela Cervantes

Angela Cervantes is a poet, storyteller, and animal lover. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in various publications, and she has written the novels Gaby, Lost and Found and Allie, First at Last.

Carlos Aponte

Carlos Aponte is an artist, designer, and author-illustrator of the children's book A Season to Bee.

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