Bluest sky by Gonzalez, Christina Diaz 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2022)

BTSB #: 385631 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 650 F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cubans - Fiction Communism - Fiction Family life - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning in the United States.

Coming up Cuban by Manzano, Sonia 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 602395 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.1 MG Lexile: 620

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Cubans - Fiction Life change events - Fiction Cuba - History|y1958-1959, Revolution

Summary: Examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed.

Heat by Lupica, Mike 

Paperback(Puffin Books, 2012)

BTSB #: 590898 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 940 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Brothers - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Illegal aliens - Fiction Cubans - Fiction Little League baseball - Fiction Social work - Fiction

Summary: Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.