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¡Boricua!

This is a list of titles with ties to Puerto Rico. *Boricua means “Puerto Rican,” or puertorriqueño.

Pima County Public Library

18 items

  • "A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"-- [Bibliocommons]
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — Fiction Santiago
  • Elba Iris Pérez is from Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, spent her early childhood in Woronoco, Massachusetts, taught theater and history at the University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo, and now lives in Houston. She is also the author of El teatro…
    BookNew York : Gallery Books, 2024. — Fiction Perez
  • The Tree of Hope

    the Miraculous Rescue of Puerto Rico's Beloved Banyan

    Orenstein-Cardona, Anna
    BookMinneapolis : Beaming Books, 2022. — Picture Book Orenstein
  • Publisher Annotation: Against the bold beauty of San Juan, a baffling genealogy test connects two twenty-something women across cultures and class in this emotional yet refreshing story about sisterhood and self-discovery for fans of Nina…
    BookNew York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023] — Fiction Rico
  • Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident. [Bibliocommons]
    BookNueva York : Tu Books, un sello de Lee & Low Books Inc., [2023] — Fiction Santiago Espanol TEEN
  • BookPrinceton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2024] — 972.95 M483p 2024
  • International Latino Book Award Gold Medal Winner! "A beautiful book about family, memories, and the power of stories." —BuzzFeed "Mystical, masterful storytelling." —Ms. Magazine A gorgeously written family saga about a Puerto Rican…
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2022] — Mystery Cardinal
  • "A short story collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond-and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our…
    BookBerkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2023. — Fiction McCauley
  • "Reminiscent of Gabriela Garcia's OF WOMEN AND SALT, Leah Franqui brings us an engrossing, deeply personal novel with a mystery at its heart as a daughter returns to Puerto Rico to search for her troubled father, who has gone missing after…
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — Fiction Franqui
  • This title is in Spanish.
    BookNew York, NY : HarperCollins Español, [2022]. — Fiction Navarro Espanol
  • Amparo Ortiz is the author of Blazewrath Games and Dragonblood Ring. She was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but she currently lives on the country’s northeastern coast. Her short story comic, “What Remains in The Dark,” appears in the…
    BookSalem, MA : Page Street YA, 2023. — Fiction Ortiz TEEN
  • Kiki Kokí

    La Leyenda Encantada del Coquí (Kiki Kokí: The Enchanted Legend of the Coquí Frog)

    Rodríguez, Ed
    eBookRoaring Brook Press, 2015