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Published: August 1, 2026
Books of the month:
Books of the month:
Elementary
Barbed Wire Between Us
Barbed Wire Between Us
A reverso poem that tells two parallel stories of incarceration at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, decades apart: a Japanese American girl during WWII and a Latina girl separated from her migrant family.
Middle Grade
The Moon Without Stars
The Moon Without Stars
After her zine project with her best friend Scott gains unexpected attention, seventh-grader Luna, who’s White and Chinese American, becomes involved with the popular crowd and faces increasing pressure to change aspects of herself and leave Scott behind.
Young Adult
Estela, Undrowning
Estela, Undrowning
While battling anxiety and panic attacks over her family’s looming eviction, Estela, a Chicana seventeen-year-old, grapples with racial tensions at her elite high school after placing second to a non-Latino student in a Latiné poetry contest.
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