Silence of bones by Hur, June 

Paperback(Square Fish, 2021)

BTSB #: 473025 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 6.1 UG Lexile: 800

Genres: Mystery Fiction Historical Fiction

Subjects: Police - Fiction Contract labor - Fiction Murder - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Catholics - Fiction Persecution - Fiction Mystery fiction Korea - History|y1392-1910, Choson dynasty - Fiction

Summary: In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, sixteen-year-old Seol, an indentured servant within the police bureau, becomes entangled in a politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman.

Tequila worm by Canales, Viola 

Paperback(Wendy Lamb Books, 2007)

BTSB #: 185236 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 830

Genres:

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction Catholics - Fiction Private schools - Fiction Texas - Fiction

Summary: Sofia grows up in a close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."