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Black Latinx Stories for Older Kids, Teens, and Tweens

Let's celebrate diverse and intersectional identities in our communities! These middle grade and Young Adult books were written by Afro-Latinx/Caribbean or Mixed Writers and/or feature Black Latinx characters and communities.

Pima County Public Library

17 items

  • According to the Dominican Writers Association website, the author of this book, Julian Randall, is "The son of a Black American father and a Dominican mother."
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — Fiction Randall CHILD
  • From Bibliocommons: "From the acclaimed author of Sincerely Sicily, Tamika Burgess, comes a timely coming-of-age story about a young boy’s fight to save his family and his dreams in the aftermath of the US military invasion of Panamá."
    BookNew York : Harper, 2025. — Fiction Burgess CHILD
  • This is a YA novel about Ida B. Wells. From Bibliocommons: "Veronica Chambers is an author and currently a writer/editor for The New York Times. Born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn, her work often reflects her Afro-Latina heritage. "
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — Fiction Chambers TEEN
  • Relit

    16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories

    This anthology includes stories by Afro-Latinx/Caribbean/Mixed writers such as Saraciea J. Fennell among others.
    BookToronto, Ontario : Inkyard Press, [2024] — 813.5408 R2799 2024 TEEN
  • From Publishers Weekly Reviews: "Black Dominican high school sophomore Yolanda Nuelis Alvarez, a budding bruja, contends with dangerous visions surrounding gun violence at her Bronx school in Avila's suspenseful debut. After Yolanda is…
    BookMontclair : Levine Querido, 2023. — Fiction Avila TEEN
  • From Jasminne Méndez's website: "I am a Pura Belpré Honor Award recipient and Dominican-American poet, playwright, author, translator, and audio book narrator of several books for children and adults. " Jasminne Méndez has identified as…
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023. — Fiction Mendez CHILD
  • From Bibliocommons: "Sixth-grader Sicily Jordan learns to use her voice and to find joy in who she is--a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride--while confronting prejudice both in the classroom and at home."
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — Fiction Burgess CHILD
  • From Bibliocommons: "Veronica Chambers is the editor for Narrative Projects at The New York Times. She is a prolific author, best known for the New York Times bestseller Finish the Fight!, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir Mama's…
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023. — Fiction Chambers CHILD
  • On her website, the author identifies as "a Californian Nuyorican Blatina." From Bibliocommons: "Thirteen-year-old Maya Beatriz Montenegro Calderon has vivid recurring dreams where she hears the ocean calling her. Mami's side of the…
    BookMontclair : Levine Querido, 2023. — Fiction Marrero CHILD
  • From Author Website: "Vincent Tirado is a non-binary Afro-Latine Bronx native."
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2023] — Fiction Tirado TEEN
  • From Bibliocommons: "Ari Tison is a Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) American and African descended poet and storyteller."
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023. — Fiction Tison TEEN
  • This is a fantastic graphic novel about a girl who learns to accept her beautiful hair!
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second Books, [2022] — Fiction Ortega CHILD
  • From Bibliocommons: "Aya de León is the Afro-Latina author of several suspense novels for adults, as well as The Mystery Woman in Room Three, an open-source online novel about two undocumented Dominican teens who uncover a kidnapping plot…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — Mystery DeLeon CHILD
  • From Author Website: "Vincent Tirado is a non-binary Afro-Latine Bronx native."
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2022] — Fiction Tirado TEEN
  • Islands Apart

    Becoming Dominican American

    Méndez, Jasminne
    BookHouston, TX : Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press, [2022] — 92 M5661i 2022 TEEN
  • From Bibliocommons: "While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an…
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. — Fiction Randall CHILD
  • In an interview with Vibe, Elizabeth Acevedo said she wrote this book for "Afro-Latinas, negritas and morenitas..."
    BookNew York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Fiction Acevedo TEEN