When we make it : a Nuyorican story by Velasquez, Elisabet 

Paperback(Dial Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 907162 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.4 UG Lexile: 830 HL

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Puerto Ricans - Fiction Novels in verse Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.

You can't say that! : writers for young people talk about censorship, free expression, and the stories they have to tell

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 602927 Available

Dewey: 323.44/NAges: 10-14   


Genres:

Subjects: Authorship Censorship Freedom of speech

Summary: Tune in as thirteen top children's and young adult authors speak out about what it's like to have your work banned or challenged in America today.