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• Julieta and the Romeos

  Andreu, Maria E.

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  Julieta is the daughter of Argentinian immigrants and an aspiring writer. She posts a story she started to write online, gains an anonymous writing collaborator, and tries to guess which of her three "Romeos" (potential love interests) it is. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cemetery of Untold Stories

  a Novel

  Alvarez, Julia

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  A writer moves to the Dominican Republic and buries the manuscripts of the stories she can't seem to write, but trying to bury stories is like planting seeds... They have a tendency to grow... Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book: "The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not in My Book

  a Novel

  Holt, Katie (Fiction writer)

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  The main character in this book is Rosie, an aspiring Romance novelist. In her words, "I had grown up determined to be a novelist. I'd decided I had to publish romance novels and make hopeless romantics around the world swoon- there was nothing else…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  Sanchez, Erika L.

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  Julia is a high school student who dreams of becoming a writer. "Ever since I could pick up a pen, I've wanted to be a famous writer. I want to be so successful that people stop me on the street and ask, "Oh my God, are you Julia Reyes, the best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eva Luna

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel

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  Isabel Allende is a legend! From Bibliocommons: "Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover, a writer, a revolutionary, and above all a storyteller. Eva Luna is the daughter of a professor's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Poet X

  Acevedo, Elizabeth

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  From Amazon: “ Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

  a Novel

  Zapata, Michael

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  From Bibliocommons: "The story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript unites decades later in post-Katrina New Orleans. In 1929 in New Orleans, a Dominican immigrant named Adana Moreau writes a science fiction…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Real Women Have Curves & Other Plays

  López, Josefina, 1969-

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  In Real Women Have Curves, Ana is an 18-year-old girl who is working in a factory until she can attend college. She wants to become a writer, and often writes about her life in her journal.

• Singing With Elephants

  Engle, Margarita

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  From Bibliocommons: "Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. But most of the time that's okay, because she enjoys helping her parents care for the many injured animals at their veterinary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stories of Eva Luna

  Allende, Isabel

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  From Bibliocommons: "An intoxicating collection of short fiction by one of the most beloved writers of our time. Eva Luna is a young woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wild Book

  Engle, Margarita

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  From Booklist Reviews: "Diagnosed as having "word blindness," 11-year-old narrator Josefa, affectionately known as Fefa, struggles with reading and records her frustrations in this diary. Danger lurks in the 1912 Cuban countryside. Bandits rustle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secret Identity

  a Novel

  Segura, Alex, 1980-

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  From Bibliocommons: "From Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura comes Secret Identity, a rollicking literary mystery set in the world of comic books. It's 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn't care. She's an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wednesday

  the Complete First Season

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  Wednesday is very committed to her writing. Someone tries to interrupt her writing, and she responds, "This is my writing time. I devote an hour a day to my novel."