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Secret Saturdays

Torrey MALDONADO | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

Gr 5–8—Friends Justin and Sean, both 12, live in the Red Hook projects in Brooklyn, are Puerto Rican and African American, and have absentee fathers...

On a Clear Day

Walter Dean MYERS | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

Gr 7–10—In one of his last books, the former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature ventured into the dystopian genre...

Show and Prove

Sofia QUINTERO | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

Gr 8 Up—Set in 1983 in the South Bronx, this coming-of-age tale by Afro-Latina Quintero presents the friendship between African American Smiles and Puerto Rican Nike against the backdrop of hip-hop, Reaganomics, and war in the Middle East...

Pelé, King of Soccer/Pelé, El rey del fútbol

Monica BROWN | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

Gr 1–3—A bilingual picture book biography about Pelé, the first man in the history of the sport to score 1,000 goals and become a living legend...

Down These Mean Streets

Piri THOMAS | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

The 30th anniversary edition of Thomas's classic is as relevant today as when it was originally published in 1967...

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Javaka STEPTOE | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

Gr 1–5—A visually stunning picture book biography about modern art phenomenon Jean-Michel Basquiat...

Shadowshaper

Daniel Jose OLDER | SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS, Feb 01, 2017

Gr 7 Up—The 2015 SLJ Best Book follows Afro-Latina Sierra Santiago as she discovers that she's part of a long line of shadowshapers, people with the ability to infuse magic into their art in order to fight off demons...